Eighty years on, the BBC has been gathering first-hand accounts from the UK's D-Day veterans – some now more than 100 years of age. Rachel Burden traces their stories in Normandy and hears memories of the massive beach invasion and the battles that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War in Europe.
Rachel Mary Ann Cecilia Burden is a radio news reporter and presenter. She has presented the BBC Radio 5 Live weekday breakfast show since 2011.