Cornwall's D-Day

Bodmin Keep War Stories

English - June 16, 2019 16:01 - 32 minutes - 38.1 MB - ★★★ - 3 ratings
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Cornwall's maritime might and strategic coastal location made it far from remote when it came to D-Day operations. Find out how the county experienced an invasion of its own - from thousands of American GIs. Hear which celebrities visited soldiers at Bodmin Keep during training for the Normandy Landings. And discover how a sleepy Cornish village was transformed forever after being chosen as an embarkation point by troops leaving Britain to liberate France from the Nazis.