Late at night on the 5th June 1944, British paratroopers set off on their flight that would land them in Normandy, with the key objective to capture and hold two bridges of vital strategic importance to the allied landings the next morning.

Saul David, author of Sky Warriors, joins to discuss one of the most successful airborne operations of the Second World War.

Part One of our D-Day series. Part Two continues with the Allied landings, and the German response to them.

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