On Tuesday the 6th of June, 1944, nearly 160,000 allied soldiers landed along a 50mile stretch of coast in Normandy. One of the most famous events of the Second World War; DDay marked the beginning of the end for the Nazi Occupation of western Europe. But at the time, German generals in charge of defending the beaches didn’t believe the full scale Allied invasion of France had even begun. Thanks to a series of deception efforts undertaken by the Allies, the bulk of Germany’s defensive forces were 150 miles away from Normandy when the landings were taking place.

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