Plot: Matt Baker heads to Slapton Sands in Devon on the 66th anniversary of D-Day to discover how a training exercise cost 749 American troops their lives, and finds out why this area is now being used to train a new generation of military recruits.
Julia Bradbury's on the freshwater lagoon which also played a part in training for the Normandy invasion to discover what's being done by modern day King Canutes to hold back the sea water and protect this fragile freshwater lake

Countryfile - Season 23 - 06/06/2010 (Episode 25)
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, June 6 2010
15 years ago
Sunday, June 6 2010
15 years ago