D-Day: Minute By Minute

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D-Day: Minute By Minute

Canadian Jim Parks loses his equipment in the sea when his landing craft hits a sandbank. Swimming ashore, he recalls helping to retrieve the dead and wounded from the water line. Paul, the son of Bert Scaife, tells how his father went ashore in a modified tank.

Series 1
The experiences of veterans and families of veterans of D-Day from midnight until 0730, with expert commentary from historians Max Hastings and Onyeka Nubia. D-Day begins with a daring British airborne assault and the capture of two strategic bridges. Arlette Gonfree, just three at the time, recalls how hers was the first ...
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