Tuesday, 6 June 1944 was barely an hour old when Major John Howard and the men of D Company, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, hurtled out of the night sky above Normandy. Behind them the largest invasion force ever to set sail was approaching the French coast. After four long and brutal years of Nazi occupation, the liberation of mainland Europe was underway – D-Day had begun.

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
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