Top secret documents from D-Day invasions found in the boot of old Ford Escort from film haul Watch Video

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Top secret documents from D-Day invasions were found in the boot of an old Ford Escort and donated to a museum.<br/><br/>Maps and planning documents detailing top-secret plans were donated to House on the Hill museum.<br/><br/>The documents relate to the allied 'Gold Beach' invasion, part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.<br/><br/>The landings saw allied forces invade German-occupied France in five areas of Normandy to regain control.<br/><br/>Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east. <br/><br/>The documents were hidden for 80 years after the war inside a suitcase in an old Ford Escort.<br/><br/>The haul even contained secret off shore photos taken from a mini submarine by British special forces, and was only to be seen by high-ranking officials.<br/><br/>One of the documents is addressed to \