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 World War Two
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Saigon and Peleliu
The third of six episodes documenting the history of the US Marines. This episode tells the tale of the Marines during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War Two, in the Pacific.
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Attack in the Pacific
The story of the United States Navy, and of its men, whose heroism and sacrifice made possible victory in the Pacific during World War Two.
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Bougainville and Tarawa
The second of six episodes documenting the history of the US Marines. This episode tells the tale of the Marines during the Bougainville and Tarawa campaigns of World War Two, in the Pacific.
