# D-Day veteran tells GB News about moment he knew WW2 ended – two days before the King found out

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/d-day-veteran-tells-gb-news-about-moment-he-knew-ww2-ended-two-days-before-the-king-found-out/
- Published: 2026-11-11T12:16:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:40:58+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/news/armistice-day-2026-dday-veteran-tells-gb-news-moment-ww2-ended-before-king-found-out
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Bernard Morgan says he received advance notice of Germany’s surrender.
- He landed on Gold Beach on D-Day in 1944.
- Profits from his tribute book will go to the Royal British Legion.

## Summary

D-Day veteran Bernard Morgan says he learnt that the war in Germany would end two days before the official announcement, in a coded message sent to his team. His account offers a glimpse of the secrecy surrounding the final days of the war and the burden carried by those who served.

Morgan landed on Gold Beach on 6 June 1944 and worked as a frontline codebreaker, decoding military messages with a Type-X machine. He recalls seeing British dead on the beach and says those who died, including three men from his team killed in Normandy, were the real heroes. A book written in his honour is being released, with profits going to the Royal British Legion.

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