SCOOP: Stories From Normandy ~ The 80th Anniversary of D-Day
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
5 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
80 years have passed since the allied troops parachuted into enemy territory and stormed the beaches of Normandy.
D-Day launched "Operation Overlord" ~ the campaign that would shift the tides of World War II, ultimately ending Hitler's reign in Europe, and changing America's story, and world history, forever.
Join me on my travels through Normandy, France - to walk the ground where the historic D-Day invasion happened. Together, we visit key sites, revisit critical stories and encounter dynamic people who continue to preserve the story of D-Day and beyond for future generations.
**also mispronunication alert - I referred to the French town of "Calais"~ The correct pronunciation is "ka-lay"**
Below we provided time codes if you want to listen to this podcast in parts:
1. The Basics (0:00 to 30:00) - What should every one know about D-Day and beyond? We dig into some details, looking at maps and a timeline. PLUS ~ join me as we travel to Omaha and Utah, the two beaches where American troops landed on June 6th, 1944. AND ... hear the reflections of a historic female war correspondent.
2. Insight From Normandy (30:00:-50:00) - On the ground reporting helped me better understand the logistics and challenges of this historic invasion. Let's walk together through a German bunker with a historian and visit a famous war-time trench on French farmland made famous by "Band of Brothers."
3. Chance Encounters (50:00-1:20) - Meet David and learn how he honors his grandfather, who landed on Utah Beach. See the church where a special tribute literally hangs from the arches. Meet Michele and learn how a twist of fate in the form of a lost canteen shaped his life's work and the historic preservation of D-Day relics.
4. Reporter's Notebook (1:20:00-end) - A moment for reflection: I sift through some of the conflicting emotions from the trip - the thrill of seeing such beautiful tributes to honor those who made such a sacrifice, while wondering why America doesn't honor D-Day with more passion here at home; and the juxtaposition of commemorating an important moment in time, and capitalizing on it.
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| 0:55.9 | That's V-A-N-T the 80th anniversary of D-Day. |
| 1:24.6 | I just returned from Normandy, France, for my very first time on the ground at these |
| 1:30.5 | historic sites that represent a story for America and quite frankly for the rest of the world |
| 1:37.0 | that continues to inspire and inform us decades later. There were so many different lessons learned from walking the |
| 1:47.8 | different battlefields in Normandy, the different beaches, and there's an overwhelming amount of |
| 1:52.8 | information. But I really wanted to take some time to talk to you today about D-Day and why it |
| 2:00.4 | matters and do it in a way that I hope |
| 2:02.3 | will be really accessible for all of us. One of the great gifts that you have given me at |
| 2:07.1 | Smarter News, I am so grateful to you for, is this opportunity to revisit different historic |
| 2:12.9 | events with the eye of a journalist rather than, let's say, an eye of a student or an eye of someone |
| 2:19.9 | that just has a hobby or an interest. And approaching these topics with a journalism background |
| 2:25.7 | has invited me to sift through them in a way that I would not have done otherwise. If you said |
| 2:33.3 | to me, do you know something about D-Day a couple years ago, |
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