Meanwhile,Pathways to the Past www.pro.gov.uk/pathways, the free lifelong e-learning section of The National Archives' web site,has an on line D-Day 1944 gallery which follows the British and Allied forces during
Operation Overlord.
During their special visit they told Cllr Gould of their experiences during the D-Day landings,codenamed
Operation Overlord.
The landings on the beaches of Normandy were the first phase in the plan to liberate Western Europe -
Operation Overlord.
In Portsmouth, where much of the DDay fleet left for Normandy, the city is gearing up with exhibitions reliving World War II's
Operation Overlord opening simultaneously at the DDay, Royal Naval and Royal Marines museums next Ma y.
MAY 31,1944:As the Normandy invasion force gathered on England's south coast for
Operation Overlord, Allied air forces were carrying out devastaing raids over Germany.
The Queen,Tony Blair, US President George Bush, French President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to attend a ceremony at Arromanches to commemorate
Operation Overlord.
Central Scotland Chief Constable Andrew Cameron issued the warning as he revealed the results of the latest phase of his force's crackdown on drug dealers,
Operation Overlord.
Mr Hartley was friends with the crews manning the planes and they will be at the forefront of his mind on the 59th anniversary of
Operation Overlord, in which allied forces pushed into Hitler's Fortress Europe.
Stephen Twigge,head of research and planning at The National Archives said: ``The whole success of
Operation Overlord relied on the uninterrupted supply of fuel from the British mainland.
More than 5,000 ships and 155,000 men converged on the Normandy coast in
Operation Overlord on June 6th, 1944.
Thus,Henderson stayed with him and the 8th Army as it continued to battle in the Western Desert before the campaigns in Sicily and Italy,leading to
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy.
1944 D-Day:The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy,called
Operation Overlord, tookplace.