The D-Day landing area on the northwest coast of France, where the Allies assaulted occupying German forces in 1944, was divided into five beach sectors code-named Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword.

This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline that was divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. American troops attacked Utah and Omaha beaches.

Step back in time and follow the footsteps of the legendary Army Commandos as we retrace their heroic march from Sword Beach to Pegasus Bridge, 80 years after D-Day. Dressed in authentic wartime ...

Family of D-Day veteran travel to Sword Beach. 5 June 2024. Share Save. ... Bert James from Stoke-on-Trent was an Able Seaman Gunner who took soldiers to Sword Beach on 6 June 1944.

British veterans give their account of the D-Day landings on Sword Beach; the first step towards defeating Nazi Germany. They recall the huge naval bombardment that preceded the landing, and ...

"Ouistreham, Normandy - 'Sword' beach and battlefield on D-Day, 1944. Lest we forget" by TeaMeister is licensed under CC BY 2.0. “So much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both ...

D-Day veteran weeps as he returns to Sword Beach Four veterans, Donald Jones, John Life, Jack Mortimer and Peter Newton, aged between 99 and 100, walked on Sword Beach again.

"It’s hard to believe but I saw that beach bounce. I could just see it vibrating," said Don Buswell of Ogden, who was aboard a landing craft at Utah Beach on D-Day, in a 2005 interview with KUED.

In 2019, Gautier recounted on the occasion of the 75th D-Day anniversary how French troops had been the first to wade chest-deep onto Sword Beach. "Your honour," Gautier recalled British Colonel ...

A D-Day veteran wept on the Normandy beach where he landed 80 years ago, ... Jack Mortimer and Peter Newton, aged between 99 and 100, walked on Sword Beach alongside serving military personnel, ...