thunderstorm times ten. the other memorable thing, as i looked over the stern, i could not see the horizon. the channel was full of ships, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them. all different types of warships coming into the beach. the morning of the 6th of june 19114, in my mind, was a man made holocaust full of horror and death. when i was demobbed, i decided if i was going to lead a normal life in the future, i would just have to forget about the three
the craft was unable to make its final landing at portsmouth here in the uk, where it will be put on display. our defence correspondentjonathan beale has been keeping track of its journey so far. archive: the dawn ofjune the sixth comes up like thunder over the invasion coast. it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. d day, 19114, bringing an entire allied army to france to defeat the nazis. and it would never have happened without these. hundreds of landing craft, the workhorse of the invasion. quickly built and just as swiftly discarded after the war. this was britain s last known surviving landing craft designed to carry tanks into battle. lct 707a was eventually turned into a liverpool nightclub. ..and then left to sink in the mud and buyer of the mersey. just six years ago, the painstaking restoration began. it s an absolute miracle,
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and baby were doing well . the last surviving d day landing craft from the second world war has been forced to postpone its final voyage after a six year renovation project costing around $6 million. due to choppy waters and gusty wind, the craft was unable to make its final landing at portsmouth here in the uk, where it will be put on display. our defence correspondentjonathan beale has been keeping track of its journey so far. imposing strings music. archive: the dawn ofjune the sixth comes up like thunder archive: the dawn ofjune the sixth comes up like thunder over the invasion coast. it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. d day, 19114, bringing an entire allied army to france to defeat the nazis. and it would never have happened without these. hundreds of landing craft, the workhorse of the invasion. quickly built and just as swiftly discarded after the war. this was britain s last known surviving landing craft designed to carry tanks into battle. lct 707a was eventua
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