Recently Dan met D-Day Veteran and Chelsea Pensioner Bill Fitzgerald at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. After enlisting with the British Army as an eighteen year old in 1944 Bill reveals the extraordinary preparations he and his fellow recruits went through for D-Day with the famous 7th Armoured Division - better known as the 'Desert Rats'. He also discusses his involvement in the Normandy landing at Gold Beach on 6 June 1944 and his subsequent role in the Battle for Normandy.
Up Next in Season 1
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My D-Day: Ken Cooke
Private Ken Cooke, from York, of 7th Battalion The Green Howards, is a D-Day veteran and fought in battles across France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. He sat down with History Hit tell tell us about his experiences in Normandy 78 years ago.
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D-Day Veteran Interviews: WarGen
A series of four D-Day veteran interviews from WarGen - an online repository of oral history from the people who lived through World War Two. Short versions of these interviews with Arthur Davis, Ken Stone, Harry Appleton and Jack Bracewell also feature in our documentary D-Day: As It Happened.
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D-Day: The Soldier's Story, with Gile...
Giles Milton and Dan Snow discuss D-Day: The Soldier's Story, for the History Hit book club.
