E87 - D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion

Bletchley Park

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4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

April 2019

In this month’s episode we take you to the preview opening of a major new exhibition, D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion.

For 18 months prior to the launch of Overlord the staff at GC&CS produced intelligence that was integral to the invasion plans. The detailed picture that the codebreakers created of German forces in France made sure that as the troops hit the beaches on the 6th of June 1944, they knew almost as well as the Germans what to expect.

Based on recently declassified information a specially commissioned 12 minute film is projected onto a curved 22m screen in the newly restored historic Teleprinter Building, giving visitors a truly immersive cinematic experience.

So join us at the launch party for interviews and speeches from some of the team who put this new experience together, including our Guest of Honour broadcaster Chris Packham.

Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2019

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The From the home of the codebreakers and the birthplace of modern computing, this is the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:38.6	Welcome to the April 2019 episode of the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:43.8	D-Day, Interception, Intelligence, Invasion.
0:48.4	This month, Bletchley Park is very excited to open a new major exhibition.
0:53.8	The D-Day exhibition explores the full story of Bletchley Park's involvement in the planning
0:58.2	of the D-Day invasion campaign.
1:00.6	The really detailed picture that the Bletchley Park co-breakers helped build up of German forces
1:05.0	in France made sure that once the Allied soldiers hit the beaches of Normandy, they knew
1:10.0	almost as well as the Germans themselves what to expect.
1:13.6	In this episode, we take you to the opening launch party for the exhibition with our very special guest, Chris Packham.
1:20.6	It's dawn.
1:31.3	And thousands upon thousands of Allied soldiers are standing in landing craft,
1:37.3	heading for the beaches of Normandy.
1:41.3	Their officers have told them what they'll be facing. Almost exact details of the defences they're attacking
1:48.0	and how they're going to beat them.
1:51.0	But how do they know that?
1:54.0	The answer lies a long way from the front line.
1:58.0	But victory on that front line, in fact, victory in Europe,
2:06.4	depends on it. So we'll turn tales on the podcast this month. Who have I got with me?
2:14.9	Erica Monroe, I'm the exhibitions manager. And David Kenyon, I'm the research historian.
2:19.8	So you two are pretty much the two brains
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