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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