D-Day 80: We Were There

Eighty years on, the BBC has been gathering first-hand accounts from the UK's D-Day veterans – some now more than 100 years of age. Rachel Burden traces their stories in Normandy and hears memories of the massive beach invasion and the battles that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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Leningrad Unbreakable

Leningrad Unbreakable

Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy

Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy

1998

The Children Who Cheated the Nazis

The Children Who Cheated the Nazis

2000

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

2010

John Stevens: Storming the Beach

John Stevens: Storming the Beach

2017

Duutsers

Duutsers

2023

The Secret Spitfires

The Secret Spitfires

2017

Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor

Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor

2020

Más allá de la alambrada: la memoria del horror

Más allá de la alambrada: la memoria del horror

2005

Ralph Rush: Concentration Camp Liberator

Ralph Rush: Concentration Camp Liberator

2015

Vincent Faulls: A Collection of My Father

Vincent Faulls: A Collection of My Father

2021

Bataan Death March

Bataan Death March

2021

The Natural History of Destruction

The Natural History of Destruction

2022

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

2023

The Black Book

The Black Book

2020

Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

1940

Oorlog in Westerbork

Oorlog in Westerbork

2022

Borrowed from Nature

Borrowed from Nature

2020

Iwo Jima: 36 Days of Hell

Iwo Jima: 36 Days of Hell

The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell

The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell

2019