70 years ago today, final preparations were being made for the largest amphibious invasion in history.

D Day would see allied troops land in Normandy to begin the liberation of Europe.

But long before the first beach landings, at just after midnight, British airborne forces mounted a daring raid inland to take the strategically vital Pegasus Bridge.

Arlette Gondree was a little girl living in the cafe next to the bridge, the first house in France to be liberated.