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75 years ago today 156,000 troops crossed the English Channel to land in Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history and an amazing achievement. Today we rightly remember those who died and risked their lives that day. Most of us alive today were not born then and so films like these four are good reminders to us of what went on. As a film fan I love the story of Richard Todd who was in the D-Day landing and features in two of these films. At the beginning of World War 2, Todd joined the British Army, receiving a commission in 1941. He served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) before joining the Parachute Regiment and the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion as part of the British 6th Airborne Division. On 6 June 1944, as a captain, he participated in Operation Tonga during the D-Day landings. He was among the first British soldiers to land in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord. His battalion parachuted in after glider-borne forces had landed to capture the Pegasus Bridge near Caen. During the operation he met John Howard on the bridge and organized the repulse of several counter-attacks by the Wehrmacht forces holding the area. Amazingly Todd later played Howard in the film The Longest Day, recreating these events, while another actor played Todd. . . . . #dday #normandylandings #thelongestday #ddaythe6thofjune #savingprivateryan #richardtodd #overlord #normandy #normandyfrance #ww2 #dday75 #dday75thanniversary #englishchannel #kingsownyorkshirelightinfantry #operationtonga #filmfan #moviebuffs🎬 #moviestagram #moviebuff #filmstagram #filmlover #parachuteregiment #paras #warmovie https://www.instagram.com/p/ByW7AhklE8H/?igshid=i6flsq1f6ts9