“I know the longest day and all that stuff, but this really was a hell of a long day.” The first 24 hours of D-Day were make or break – on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches the British and Canadian forces had to get inland and dig in before the panzers arrived. Fail and they faced being thrown back into the sea.

Narrated by Paul Waggott Written by Robin Scott Elliot Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn A Goalhanger Podcasts Production

Cast; Mike Lyons Timothy Knutsen Micky Vee Thomas Mitchells Lukas Weschler Alex Figueiredo Carolyn Saint Pe Alexander Pinault Mustafa Bouanani Morrison James Karim Kronfli Darcey Ferguson Alex Magliaro Joel Emery Adam Jarrell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices