i've just been perusing some of the d-day memories on BBC and found these interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3712245.stm - a german tank crewman and his thoughts on how we've learned nothing since then

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3736351.stm - a british cypherman and how keeping of a diary was a court-martial offence.

and an interesting bit about Irish who defied their government's neutrality and enlisted in the British army: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3749629.stm