Everything You Need to Know About D-Day: H-Hour, Weapons Info, and First-Hand Accounts via Soldiers, Beachmasters, and the French Resistance

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History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The D-Day landing of June 6, 1944, ranks as the boldest and most successful large-scale invasion in military history.

On June 6, as Operation Overlord went forward, roughly 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel, supported by seven thousand ships and boats, and landed on the coast of Normandy.The seaborne invasion included nearly 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers. They established a beachhead from which the Germans were unable to dislodge them. Within ten days, there were half a million troops ashore, and within three weeks there were two million.

In this episode I take a comprehensive look at the largest amphibious assault in history

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by National Rail.
0:03.2	Picture it.
0:04.2	The view of the British countryside from your window seat.
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0:27.7	Nothing beats being there.
0:53.8	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast.
1:09.2	The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes, myth busts historical lies, and rediscoveres
1:15.6	the forgotten stories that changed our world.
1:19.2	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:24.5	On the evening of June 5th, 1944, hours prior to the D-Day Landings in Normandy, Supreme
1:33.6	Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower distributed a letter to members of the Allied forces.
1:39.5	This letter was crafted by Eisenhower himself over a period of four months.
1:44.1	Here's what he said.
1:45.7	Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
1:50.0	We're about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months.
1:55.0	The eyes of the world are upon you.
1:57.2	The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.
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