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D-Day Audio Series #8: CBS D-Day Broadcasts 0415

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Release Date: 06/06/2011

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The Normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with nearly 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day, with 875,000 men disembarking by the end of June. Allied casualties on the first day were at least 12,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead. The Germans lost 1,000 men. The Allied invasion plans had called for the capture of Carentan, , Caen, and Bayeux on the first day, with all the beaches (other than Utah) linked with a front line 10 to 16...

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The were preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and an —the landing of 24,000 British, US, and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight. Allied infantry and armoured began landing on the coast of France starting at 06:30. The target 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the coast was divided into five sectors: , , , and . Strong winds blew the landing craft east of their intended positions, particularly at Utah and Omaha. The men landed under heavy fire from gun emplacements overlooking the beaches, and the...

[D-Day] Complete Broadcast Ep. 3 (06 Jun 1944)

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Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial , codenamed , to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on D-Day was far from ideal, but postponing would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the invasion planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and the time of day that meant only a few days in each month were deemed suitable. placed German Field Marshal in command of German forces and of developing fortifications...

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Part 8 of World War II History's D-Day Audio Series is Continuing early morning reports from CBS and European affiliates bringing new European updates on the D-Day landings at Normandy beginning at 0415 EWT 6 June 1944.

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