The tide turns: A week after D-Day the Germans were already in retreat

The tide turns: A week after the D-Day landings in June 1944, the Germans were already in retreat while the Allies flooded mainland Europe with troops, as these Daily Mail pages from the time reveal…

Within a week of the D-Day landings, the Allies had captured 10,000 enemy soldiers as German troops beat a hasty retreat

Allied soldiers on the frontline in northern Europe following the D-Day landings received a morale-boosting visit from Winston Churchill as the war swung in their favour

In the days following the Normandy landings, incredible tales of heroism and courage began filtering back from the frontline

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