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History, Education

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, "Unknown History" podcast, author and historian Giles Milton takes listeners through the perilous 24 hours of D-Day, sharing the tales of the men and women who risked their lives by land, sea, and air.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello backstory listeners. As you might be able to tell, I'm not a host of backstory,

0:05.2

but I am excited to be doing a podcast swap with them. My name is Giles Milton, and I'm the host

0:11.8

of the Unknown History Podcast. I'm also a bestselling writer, historian and expert on World War 2.

0:19.9

On this season of Unknown History, I'm honouring the 75th anniversary of D-Day,

0:25.3

which just passed on 6th of June. By telling the stories of the people who risked their lives on

0:30.6

land sea and air during the perilous 24 hours of the event. You're about to hear the story of

0:38.0

Commando Unit leader George Lane, whose undercover mission to Nazi occupied France proved the most

0:45.2

extraordinary of them all. For more stories like the one you're about to hear, subscribe to Unknown

0:52.4

History wherever you get your podcasts. But for now, here's a preview.

1:00.4

Who was George Lane, and how did he escape near certain death at the hands of the Gestapo?

1:07.8

Turns out, Gentleman Dichar goes a long way.

1:12.1

Welcome to season 3 of Unknown History D-Day Stories. I'm your host Giles Milton,

1:23.4

and today we're talking about D-Day spies and one in particular, the extraordinary undercover

1:30.1

mission of George Lane. General Eisenhower and the architects of D-Day knew that the allied

1:38.3

landings would only be successful if they had up to the minute information about the German coastal

1:44.3

defenses. They already had French spies working on their behalf, and we'll hear more on this a

1:51.0

little later, but they also needed to smuggle daring agents across to the beaches of Normandy

1:57.2

in order to undertake close inspections of the enemy fortifications. It was not for the faint

2:04.9

hearted. It was highly dangerous with the certainty of death at the hands of the Gestapo if captured.

2:12.3

So who an earth would volunteer for such work?

2:16.8

Step forward, George Lane, whose undercover mission to Nazi occupied France was to prove the most

2:24.8

extraordinary of them all. Lane's addiction to risk had driven him to join the elite British

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