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D-Day Normandy Walking Tour | James Holland & Al Murray Explore Every Key Site

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Filmed entirely on location in Normandy, this 4-hour compilation brings together all episodes of the WW2 Walking The Ground: D-Day series into one immersive experience. Join historian James Holland and author/comedian Al Murray as they explore the full story of 6th June 1944 —from airborne drops to securing vital high ground from brutal beach assaults to the bocage fighting inland — all told exactly where the history happened.

Whether you missed it first time round an episode or just want to revisit a favourite chapter, now’s your chance. Only on WW2 Headquarters.

📍 Featured Locations Include:

Pegasus Bridge – the site of the famous glider assault by British airborne troops, seizing the bridge in the opening minutes of D-Day to secure the eastern flank.

Ranville Church and Cemetery– the first village liberated by the allies in Normandy.

Bréville Ridge – the key high ground for the 6th Airborne Division, fiercely contested.

Arromanches-les-Bains –site of the ingenious British Mulberry Harbour and the clifftop monument to the Royal Engineers who built it, as well as the moving D-Day 75th garden memorial

Longues-sur-Mer Battery – a German coastal artillery site still featuring original guns.

Gold Beach – and the remarkable story of Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis, the only Victoria Cross recipient on D-Day.

Omaha Beach – tracing the intense American landings from the bluffs down to Dog Green sector and the Vierville draw.

La Fière – the critical crossing at the Merderet River, where the 82nd Airborne Division under General James Gavin fought to secure the causeway west of Utah Beach.

Brecourt Manor – where Easy Company, 506th PIR, famously took out a key German gun position.

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