Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 12:00 p.m. BDST at 1:10:22)
(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 12:00 p.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/6:00 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — The Brécourt Manor Assault, the Allied effort to destroy German weapons hidden inland from Utah Beach at Normandy, France, is successfully completed by this hour. Continue reading Allied paratroopers have destroyed German weapons at Brecourt Manor 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)