D-Day 80th Anniversary Special, Part 1: Paratroopers
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21m
This year marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of France which took place on 6th June 1944. From landing on the beaches of Normandy, the Allies would push the Nazi war machine and breach Hitler's Atlantic Wall.
To commemorate this, we're collaborating with Imperial War Museum to release a special two-part episode as Jonathan will look at some of the weapons that influenced and shaped this historic moment in history.
Part 1 is all about the 'tip of the spear', the Paratroopers.
Archival STEN footage courtesy of IWM - find out more about them on their website at https://www.iwm.org.uk/
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