Year 12 Modern - D-Day Landing in Saving Private Ryan

Here is the youtube clip showing the first 20 minutes or so of the D-Day landings in Saving Private Ryan. The action is very realistic, shows the Omaha beach landings in real time, and displays the confusion and horror of warfare during the Normandy landings of 1944.

Year 12 Modern - D-Day Landings

Today is the 65th anniversary of the D-Day Landings, when 150,000 British, American and Canadian troops landed on 5 beaches in Normandy, in northern France. These landings saw the opening of a western front in the fight against Nazism, and within a year the German military machine had been crushed, and Hitler had committed suicide.

You can read this article on the BBC website, and from there you can find links to further information, maps and FAQs about the landings.

Year 12 Modern - WW2 Anniversaries

Some important anniversaries of events in World War Two are coming up in the next few days:

June 5th: 65th anniversary of the liberation of Rome (1944)

June 6th: 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France (1944)

June 22nd: 69th anniversary of the surrender of France (1940)
68th anniversary of the invasion of Russia (1941)

Keep an eye on the news for any stories about these events, especially the D-Day landings.