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D-Day: The Last HeroesOriginal Series
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The concluding part of historian Dan Snow's documentary series tells the powerful and heroic stories of those who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy to save the world from Nazi Germany.

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Wed 8 Jan 202501:35
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Veterans' interviews

Veterans' interviews
By the time D-day arrived, Commandos Fred Walker and Roy Cadman were already old hands at beach landings having taken part in the Allied invasion of Sicily.

Looking back

Looking back
Bob Sales watched his best friend Captain Dick Wright die, moments after arrival on Omaha beach. Bob was the only man from his boat to survive the landing.

Veterans' profiles

Veterans' profiles

George 'Jimmy' Green led the first wave of Americans in to Omaha beach. Known as the suicide wave due to the high rate of casualties, none of the troops from his landing craft survived.

Credits

PresenterDan Snow
ProducerTim Dunn
Series ProducerJeremy Hall
Executive ProducerEamon Hardy

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