The morning of June 7, 1944 the men of the Number 47 Royal Marine Commando were fighting a desperate battle against a superior force to take a vital port connecting the Gold and Omaha beaches.
Three classic episodes of The History Guy about how the Christmas season survives even tragedy.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.