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 Waggott

Written by Robin Scott Elliot

Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio

Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn

A Goalhanger Podcasts Production

Cast;

Mike Lyons

Timothy Knutsen

Micky Vee

Thomas Mitchells

Lukas Weschler

Alex Figueiredo

Carolyn Saint Pe

Alexander Pinault

Mustafa Bouanani

Morrison James

Karim Kronfli

Darcey Ferguson

Alex Magliaro

Joel Emery

Adam Jarrell

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