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\\u2018Before the war, Normandy\\u2019s Plage d\\u2019Or coast was best known for its sleepy villages and holiday destinations. Early in 1944, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took one look at the gentle, sloping sands and announced \\u2018They will come here!\\u2019 He was referring to Omaha Beach \\u2012 the primary American D-Day landing site. The beach was subsequently transformed into three miles of lethal, bunker-protected arcs of fire, with chalets converted into concrete strongpoints, fringed by layers of barbed wire and mines. The Germans called it \\u2018the Devil\'s Garden\\u2019.\\u2019

In this episode I\\u2019m joined by Robert Kershaw military historian, battlefield guide and author of Fury of Battle: A D-Day landing as it happened. We discuss the American landings on D-Day at Omaha beach.