On this day in 1944, HMS Belfast led the way bombarding two of the five beaches chosen for the D-Day landings. This was Operation Neptune - the naval component of D-Day involving almost 7,000 vessels. Watch IWM curator John Delaney explore the significance of what the ship and her crew did that day - and hear the voices of the men who were on board and witnessed the events first-hand. Learn more about the life of HMS Belfast: https://bit.ly/3cB8Bsp | HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast filmed in action during the Korean War, bombarding the Amgak peninsula at the mouth of the Taedong River, 1952. In her two years of service in Korea, HMS Belfast saw more action than at any point during the Second World War, firing more than 8,000 rounds of ammunition from her 6-inch guns. Blockading the coast along North Korea and shelling shore targets in support of United Nations and South Korean forces on land, HMS Belfast spent more than 400 days on patrol during the conflict. R