British troops run into danger as they land on Sword Beach 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)


Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 7:26 a.m. BDST at 50:18)

(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 7:26 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/1:26 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — On the eastern flank of the D-Day invasion (the British-Canadian beaches of Gold, Juno and Sword), the first assault waves run into danger on Sword Beach, but are boosted by floating DD tanks.