Operation Overlord and the Battle of Normandy, Episode 201
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2018
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Normandy and the sites of Operation Overlord are where amazing feats of courage took place that made it possible to liberate France and eventually defeat Hitler and his armies.
But in a practical sense, there are so many important sites and so many parts to the history that it's hard to keep it all straight.
The purpose of today's episode is to review the main events that took place during Operation Overlord aka the Battle of Normandy which lead to the liberation of Paris and France.
Once you understand how the Battle of Normandy went, you will be able to plan out your trip out and, more importantly, understand the sites you're looking at.
We've also found some great hotels that don't get enough love online and that we heartily recommend. Enjoy the show!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Join us in France, episode 201. |
| 0:04.0 | Bonjour, I'm Annie, and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:09.6 | It's many quirks, its history, its language, and of course destinations in France you want to learn |
| 0:15.7 | about because hopefully you'll be visiting soon. |
| 0:19.1 | On today's episode I talk to Phil Roberson about the history of Operation Overlord or the liberation of Normandy. |
| 0:27.6 | We discussed how the Allies prepared and how these events went down and led to the liberation of Paris and France. |
| 0:35.5 | So if you're going to Normandy and you want a refresher about all the things related |
| 0:40.3 | to D-Day that happened there, this is the episode for you. And when I want to scare myself |
| 0:46.8 | just a little bit, I think how the 20th century and how my own life as a French person would have turned out so differently |
| 0:56.0 | without what the Allies did to liberate France. |
| 0:59.4 | I can never express how much I appreciate what these people did and I know my fellow French |
| 1:05.4 | citizens feel the same way. I had the privilege to see D-Day celebrations in |
| 1:11.6 | Normandy in 2018 and it was outstanding. I won't go into it |
| 1:16.8 | in this episode because it would make it too long but I'll talk about it at |
| 1:21.4 | length on some other occasion. |
| 1:23.7 | When Phil and I recorded this episode, we somehow managed to overlook a really important part |
| 1:29.8 | of Operation Overlord that happened in Aromo Shalibn. |
| 1:34.5 | So that's where the artificial harbor was, |
| 1:38.4 | also called Gold Beach. |
| 1:41.4 | Phil realized it within a few hours and called the voicemail and left a really |
| 1:46.4 | interesting explanation of what happened at Aromache LeBahn. So you'll hear |
| 1:51.3 | that right after the end of the interview. |
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