D-Day Landings in Normandy show | Education Video by World of Military

<p>Welcome to the world of military with Jamie and Mackie On this World War 2 introductory show, we take an in-depth look at the events that took place on June 6th 1944. Seen as a major turning point in WW2, it was the date that the Allied landed on the coast of Normandy during Operation Overlord. We visit the beaches where the battles took place along Normandy’s coast such as Juno Beach, where we see the bunkers and Omaha Beach, known as Bloody Omaha. We visit Pegasus Bridge and take a look at St. Mère Eglise, where the ‘Band of Brothers’ fought. into the events that shaped our modern world. Part one of our programme we will have a look at Caen in Normandy and the history of this area and what it was like back in world war two and what it's like today. Part 2 we spent this part of the programme looking at the British and Canadian involvement on 6 June 1944. We will visit key D-Day sites including Pegasus Bridge and the Pegasus Memorial Museum to look at the glider landings and first actions on D-Day, and then see the graves in Ranville War Cemetery. We later move on to Sword, Juno and Gold beaches, visiting the scenes of the British and Canadian landings, also seeing the new Briti