world war two stories
WAR STORIES: THE OMAHA BEACH SUBMARINER
The bloody D-Day assault on Omaha Beach, which cost the lives of thousands of American soldiers, was dramatised in the film Saving Private Ryan. Pete Bleakley hears eyewitness testimony from Antrim war veteran Ken Smith who piloted a landing craft at Omaha Beach on that fateful day.
A collection of interviews made for Remembrance Day
In this collection, veterans of World War Two talk about their experiences from the Normandy beaches to Slapton Sands to working on the Burma 'Death Railway' to being helped by the French Resistance to get back home after being shot down by the Luftwaffe.
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