Tuesday, 6 June 1944 was barely an hour old when Major John Howard and the men of D Company, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, hurtled out of the night sky above Normandy. Behind them the largest invasion force ever to set sail was approaching the French coast. After four long and brutal years of Nazi occupation, the liberation of mainland Europe was underway – D-Day had begun.

Narrated by Paul WaggottWritten by Robin Scott ElliotProduction and Sound Design by Holy Smokes AudioExecutive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil FearnA Goalhanger Podcasts Production

Cast;Mike LyonsTimothy KnutsenMicky VeeThomas MitchellsLukas WeschlerAlex FigueiredoCarolyn Saint PeAlexander PinaultMustafa BouananiMorrison JamesKarim KronfliDarcey FergusonAlex MagliaroJoel EmeryAdam JarrellLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices