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Perimeter of the beach edge which was being established by the soldiers arriving by sea, so what we have seen here today is modern day paratroopers doing just that. into a drop zone, drop zone k, an actual drop zone, drop zone k, an actual drop zone, drop zone k, an actual drop zone on the night of d—day itself. it has been a wonderful site, seeing them coming down, british troops, also american, belgian and canadian troops and we can expected to continue for the next hour and a half or so as i come round in waves. the a130s are coming round, six of them, dropping five or ten paratroopers ea...

Remember the role they played. another notable fact about here is the mulberry harbour is here. this was meant to be a temporaryjetty put out at sea you can still see the concrete blocks and these were particularly significant because they had the allied forces bring extra material in and support their campaign of normandy. earlier on this afternoon there was a parachute jump this afternoon there was a parachute jump in an area close by were hundreds took part. there were 300 members of british, belgian, canadian and us military who took part in thejump. it was in a designated drop zone on the...

Largest air assault the world hs ever seen. more than 13,000 paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions flying straight into a hail of german antiaircraft f fire. this week, hundreds of american military veterans are taking that same journey on c-47s, the same aircraft used in the invasion that night. >> oh, yap he had >> reporter: like airborne vet frankie scarlata from new orleans. what is this d-day landing like? >> this d-day landing is so symbolic, that it really rivals the birth of my first child. >> reporter: the birth of your first child? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: he wasn'...

Historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing shares five surprising facts about the biggest amphibious landing in military history

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