D-Day: 24 Hours To Go (Episode 3)
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2024
- With only a few hours to go before Landing Craft are due to hit the beaches of Normandy, the Allies plan for Operation OVERLORD hangs finely in the balance.
It is the role of a few weathermen to make the incredibly brave decision to push back D-Day by 24 hours, out of fear of devastating weather.
Al Murray and James Holland look at the final hours before boots hit the beaches.
In the biggest series of We Have Ways of Making You Talk, join Al and James as they unravel the heroism, sacrifices, and strategic brilliance behind one of the most pivotal moments in history. Prepare to be transported to the heart of the Second World War's defining hour.
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Wach auf !! The airborne landings are all cracking good stuff, but let's hear it for the Royal Navy. I used to live in Suffolk, next to Peter Mutimer, a very quiet man who used to keep his garden immaculately. We both happened to be in our gardens about the time of the 60th anniversary of D-Day. "I was there, you know" he said. He was a naval diver tasked with clearing underwater mines and obstacles before the landings took place. "I saw some terrible sights that day." When he died, there was an obituary in the local paper, and it turned out he had a string of bravery awards after his name. You never hear about these guys, because it was a quiet courage displayed in darkness, without fuss or excitement.
It’s a universal crime of the Armchair historians that exalt the ultra-professional of the drilled superhuman German war machine that it did probably as badly defending France (from a much harder logistically speaking) amphibian invasion as the allied combined forces did defending France from the original German blitzkrieg invasion!!
Their silence is deafening!
The utmost respect & gratitude goes out to those bravest of the brave to the lowly clerk at HQ who masterminded & undertook this greatest of adventures 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏
The long sobs of violins of autumn
Wound my heart with a monotonous languor.
Great discussion. I have to say, though, about the airborne drop--50% within five miles of the drop zones is not a minor glitch. When you translate that into the time required to reorganize and move on to their objectives, every mile from the zone means hours of moving the dark through hostile country to try accomplish the mission. One takeaway from the experience is that after D-Day, the Allies never tried another night drop. Allied commanders recognized that the price paid in disorganization, dispersal, and casualties from the drop itself just weren't worth the measure of surprise achieved.
Darn! I'm too late to hear this live.
“the German today is like the June Bride. He knows he is going to get it, but he doesn't know how big it is going to be.”
I think General Marcks prediction (“If I know the British, they’ll go to church next Sunday for one last time, and come Monday… I think we’ll be welcoming them on Monday, here") reveals the German lack of comprehension of just how much was involved in the amphibious invasion. The Allies didn't just hop in the boats and show up an hour later in Normandy. Would appreciate your views on this. It also tells me the Nazis weren't up to invading Britain in '40; it wasn't that simple an operation.
Leigh Mallory is rubbish'