And while their immense bravery and sacrifice is rightly at the forefront of peoples’ minds, a resident has highlighted the huge role that a Leeds business played in helping the Allied soldiers execute their mission. Waddingtons was a Leeds-based board and card game printing business best known for bringing Monopoly to the UK.
She said: “Only very few people knew until the 11th hour where the landing would take place so the company was asked to print maps for seven different locations.” Sign up for our free newsletters today She shared a quote from Norman Watson, the then-managing director, who would later write: “We were printing maps for seven points on which the great landing might take place.