Western Europe 1939-1945: D-Day

Western Europe

• D-Day: Why was D-Day successful?
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Documents source files

• An extract from the log of an RAF squadron
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• War Diary of a unit in the 8th Canadian Brigade
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• Interrogation statements of captured German soldiers
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• Extract from a German intelligence report
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• Radar counter measures for Operation Overlord
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Photographic source files

• Allied commanders planning D-Day
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• Mulberry harbour
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• Arial view of a Mulberry harbour
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• Dummy aircraft
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• British commandos land in Normandy
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Video source files

• Film clip from Commandos and Canadian Troops in action, 1944
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• Film clip from Time to Remember, 1944
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• Film clip from Special Invasion, 1944
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Worksheets

• D-Day Storyboard (Word document)