D-Day 75: How Pembrokeshire’s beaches were used as practice for the world’s biggest invasion

By Jon Coles, Andy Chandler and Thomas Sinclair THURSDAY (June 6) marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France as part of Operation Overlord; a concerted and successful attempt to liberate Europe from the grip of German occupation under Hitler. The invasion of Normandy (codenamed Operation … Continue reading D-Day 75: How Pembrokeshire’s beaches were used as practice for the world’s biggest invasion