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  2. D-DAY: THE UNHEARD TAPES relives the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Normandy through the voices and words of those who fought in it, from all sides. Featuring extraordinary historical...

  3. May 25, 1994 · Not since 1688 had an invading army crossed the English Channel, but now it was happening — Operation Overlord, D-Day, the all-out attack on Hitler's fortress Europe. D-Day was the turning...

    • Preparing For D-Day
    • A Weather Delay: June 5, 1944
    • D-Day Landings: June 6, 1944
    • Victory in Normandy

    After World War II began, Germany invaded and occupied northwestern France beginning in May 1940. The Americans entered the war in December 1941, and by 1942 they and the British (who had been evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in May 1940 after being cut off by the Germans in the Battle of France) were considering the possibility of a major All...

    Eisenhower selected June 5, 1944, as the date for the invasion; however, bad weather on the days leading up to the operation caused it to be delayed for 24 hours. On the morning of June 5, after his meteorologist predicted improved conditions for the following day, Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord. He told the troops: “You are ab...

    By dawn on June 6, thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were already on the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and exit roads. The amphibious invasions began at 6:30 a.m. The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture beaches codenamed Gold, Juno and Sword, as did the Americans at UtahBeach. U.S. forces faced heavy r...

    By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached the Seine River, Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France, effectively concluding the Battle of Normandy. The Allied forces then prepared to enter Germany, where they would meet up with Soviet troops moving in from the east. The Normandy invasion began to turn th...

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  5. May 17, 2024 · D-Day: The Last Voices for Radio 4 brings together a collection of historical audio recollections. As dawn broke on the morning of the 6th June 1944 thousands of Allied Warships made their way...

  6. On Thursday, June 6, 2024 the National D-Day Memorial will commemorate this historic liberation. Join the Memorial in recognizing the 80th anniversary of D-Day where their valor, fidelity, and sacrifice are honored every day. Schedule of Events.

  7. May 28, 2021 · Between 1939 and 1941, the forces of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany blazed a path of destruction, oppression and murder across the map of Europe and beyond and it seemed his ambition could never be...

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  8. D-Day: Minute By Minute. Show Schedule. Full TV Schedule. In the first episode, veterans and their families describe their experience of D-Day from midnight until 7.30am, with expert commentary from historians Max Hastings and Onyeka Nubia. Part 1 of 2.

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