[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

This report from BBC, via MBS, lasts 13:27 and contains segments from correspondents and military personnel who took part in the D-Day invasion.

Flight Lieutenant Alan Melville, during a firefight as paratroopers were landing.
Robert Barr from an advanced Allied command post.
A war reporter whose name I can’t make out.
A Royal Navy sublieutenant.
Chester Wilmot (pictured) who landed in a glider with the 6th British Airborne Division on D-Day and now reports on reinforcements arriving.

Click on the link below to listen.

MBS/BBC Radio Newsreel

[AlexW]

“June 9, 1944”
__________________________________
A little less then 3 months before I was born.
You can put me on your ping list.

[SevenofNine]

That so coollll

That when BBC was still good news network not like now where Kitchen Nightmare and Top Gear reruns

[NELSON111]

BFL

[tubebender]

I heard at one time that several rolls of film were lost in the first couple of days when the LST returning them to a ship was sunk. Have you ever heard that?

[colorado tanker]

Awesome stuff. It’s hard to believe what some of those reporters did. Going in with the airborne? Seriously?