Audio Book - BBC Radio Despatches From France (D-Day)
D-Day Despatches
1944
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#    Title    Time    Info  
1 THE LANDINGS 5-6 June 1944 - General Sis Bernard Montgomery - On... 1:03
2 Robin Duff - Describes 'tension in the air' - preparation on the... 1:14
3 Frank Gillard - Describes the countryside of britain with men an... 2:15
4 Robin Duff - Reports from on-board ship in the channel 1:47
5 Guy Byam - Joins the air-borne troops - The overnight assault o... 3:02
6 Chester Wilmot - Describes landing of the 'glider' troops on Fr... 1:57
7 Colin Wills - Witnesses the final preps for the armada's landing... 1:53
8 Howard Marshall - Describes the scene as the British naval bomba... 1:29
9 Colin Wills - Prepares to disembark - 'This is the day, and this... 2:00
10 John Snagge - Reads the first official D-Day announcement over t... 1:02
11 Howard Marshall - Reports as the troops come ashore 2:59
12 ASHORE IN NORMANDY 6-20 JUNE 1944 - Richard Dimbleby - Sums up t... 5:33
13 General Dwight D Eisenhower - Supreme Commander Expiditionary Fo... 3:50
14 Michael Standing - Reports from the Normandy beaches 1:45
15 Richard Dimbleby - Reports from a Mosquito aircraft over the lan... 2:34
16 Frank Gillard - Drives inland from the beaches to the front 3:36
17 Frank Gillard - Broadcasts from the frontline 0:30
18 Stanley Maxted - Reports on the battle to keep the sea lanes ope... 2:39
19 Richard Dimblely - Describes a tactical bombing raid in Northern... 5:08
20 Michael Standing - Reports from a newly-liberated French village... 5:53
21 Alan Melville - Broadcasts from a small church in Normandy - The... 1:39
Total time 52:01