Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile stretch of sand and ...

D-day is simply a standard armed forces way of ... lost 90% of its men. On Gold Beach, by contrast, casualty rates were around 80% lower. The allies put a huge effort into persuading the Germans ...