Category: D-Day
Battlefield Tour Film – WW2TV – The Liberation of Amfreville.
The village of Amfreville sits on the Breville Ridge, overlooking the bridges across the River Orne, the Caen Canal, part
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Continuing with the Short Battlefield Tour Films; DZ ‘N’ at Ranville and the Le Mesnil Crossroads.
This next film describes the Airborne landings on DZ ‘N’ at Ranville and a few of the events at the
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A Short Film Describing the actions around the Church at Le Port (the Northern end of Benouville, the village at the western end of Pegasus Bridge).
Following on from the first film, this next one describes the D-Day events in Le Port, the northern end of
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A Short Film describing the D-Day Capture of the River Orne (Horsa) Bridge.
Here is another of the films made for WW2TV that describes the capture of the River Orne (Horsa) Bridge by
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Short Battlefield Tour Videos
Last year, Paul Woodadge launched WW2TV and invited me to go over to Normandy and record various short videos for
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The Pegasus and Orne Bridges – D-Day Veterans Signed Edition
I have a limited number of paperback copies of The Pegasus and Orne Bridges that are bookplated, signed editions by
Continue readingThe Pegasus Diaries – The Biography of Major John Howard DSO
Many people ask what I think of Stephen Ambrose’s 1984 book, ‘Pegasus Bridge‘ and I will certainly deal with that
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The Extraordinary Survival of Lieutenant Dougie Martin, 9th Parachute Battalion
Lieutenant Douglas Martin was the 9th Parachute Battalion’s liaison officer with 3 Parachute Brigade. In February 1944 he married Eileen
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Clarification of a Famous D-Day Photograph
There is a photograph that many people with an interest in the 6th Airborne Division in Normandy will be very
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