Filmed entirely on location in Normandy, this 4-hour compilation brings together all episodes of the Walking The Ground: D-Day series into one immersive experience. Join James Holland and Al Murray as they explore the full story of 6th June 1944 —from airborne drops to securing vital high ground from brutal beach assaults to the bocage fighting inland — all told exactly where the history happened.

Whether you missed it first time round an episode or just want to revisit a favourite chapter, now’s your chance. Only on WW2 Headquarters.

📍 Featured Locations Include:

Pegasus Bridge – the site of the famous glider assault by British airborne troops, seizing the bridge in the opening minutes of D-Day to secure the eastern flank.

Ranville Church and Cemetery– the first village liberated by the allies in Normandy.

Bréville Ridge – the key high ground for the 6th Airborne Division, fiercely contested.

Arromanches-les-Bains –site of the ingenious British Mulberry Harbour and the clifftop monument to the Royal Engineers who built it, as well as the moving D-Day 75th garden memorial

Longues-sur-Mer Battery – a German coastal artillery site still featuring original guns.

Gold Beach – and the remarkable story of Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis, the only Victoria Cross recipient on D-Day.

Omaha Beach – tracing the intense American landings from the bluffs down to Dog Green sector and the Vierville draw.

La Fière – the critical crossing at the Merderet River, where the 82nd Airborne Division under General James Gavin fought to secure the causeway west of Utah Beach.

Brecourt Manor – where Easy Company, 506th PIR, famously took out a key German gun position.