By the end of D-Day 130,000 troops had been landed on five beachheads along a 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast. Live coverage of the events commemorating this historic initiative continues this afternoon.
The Allied Nations at Omaha
The scene of the bloodiest fighting on D-Day morning, Omaha Beach is today the site for an international event of commemoration, hosted by President Mitterrand, that includes a parachute jump, a steam-past of naval ships and a fly-past of the French aerobatic team.
3.30 The Veterans' Royal Review
Mulberry Harbour, an artificial port the size of Dover which was towed over to
Arromanches Beach from England, played a vital role in keeping Allied supplies flowing into France in the early days of the invasion. This afternoon the Queen reviews a march-past by 7,000 British veterans assembled by the remains of the harbour.
Following a fly-past by aircraft of the historic Battle of Britain Memorial
Flight, the commemorations end with a moving "sunset ceremony", the lowering of the flags and the playing of the Last Post. Executive producer Neil Eccles
Editor Philips Gilbert