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The remains of mulberry artificial harbour. and below us, the sands, where, on the morning ofjune 6 19114, thousands of british and commonwealth troops came pouring off their transports. gold beach was at the centre of the landings — the americans on one side, the canadians on the others. here, british soldiers scored early success, but it was the start of a long and bitter fight through the lanes and villages of rural normandy. not till latejuly did the allies take the key city of caen, opening the way to paris. among those killed in the later fighting was desmond smallman—tew, who parach...

The british sculptor david williams ellis and the wall we can see their future the names of those who fell on d—day itself and on 160 stone columns that the names of those who felt between d—day and the liberation of paris in 19114. it also has a french memorial dedicated to the memories of french civilians who died this time. nearly four thousand tonnes of stone have been used in the construction of this monument which is only being unveiled properly today because of the pandemic. not many people had had sight of what was being created there and as we look at these pictures we can see wha...

Yesterday has been glorious after the week before which was not very nice at all. you can catch me as the sun comes up now well into the morning, looking out over the river bay, and you can imagine that on that dayjune six, 19114, the sea behind us here would have been absolutely covered in the ships and across the channel overnight and right now, the trips would be pouring onto the beaches, coming up the hill below them. —— below the memorial here. all this comes to mind when one is here. every time i get here, i get the same three saw and it is all the more intense on the day itself and ...

So that what you can do as you are going round the memorial itself, you can follow the tide of battle. so you will see naturally the 6th ofjune, huge numbers of casualties on that day. as you go round the memorial, you will see other elements. some days were quieter than others, some days there were more casualties than others. as you are walking round, you can get a visceral feel for that, as you're physically walking around it. those on the walls, the ones who made it home, —— those not on the walls, the ones who made it home, were fortunate, says eric strange. he was a young sublieutena...

Temperatures holed up into double figures. mid to low single figures in the coolest of spots. a few showers in the channel islands and north—west of scotland tomorrow. almost, a fine day with sunny spells were quite pleasantly get to see the sunshine. —— and quite pleasant where you get to see the sunshine. over the past few years here on breakfast, we've been following the progress of the british normandy memorial — being built overlooking what was once known as gold beach. this weekend, the memorial will open, to mark the 77th anniversary of the d—day landings. it honours more than...