The D-Day landings of the 6th of June 1944 are much too big a story to be covered in the middle of a mix. New recording technology, a wider variety of coverage, and the hoarding and preservation instincts of generations of historians, amateur and professional, have resulted in an unprecedented amount of material being available, around sixty hours all together. From this I've edited for you a tight 82 minute sound collage, taking you from pre-D-Day messages, through the landings, the first reports and dispatches from the field, to the reactions and repercussions the following few days.

Here's what you can hear.

0:00:00 1944-06-06 0330 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:00:15 1944-06-06 0332 NBC D-Day Broadcast

The Buildup

0:00:33 1944-06-05 BBC European Service With Resistance Messages0:01:37 1944-06-04 Frank Gillard - Build for D-Day0:02:20 1944-06-05 FDR Fireside Chat0:02:33 1944-06-05 Eisenhower's Pre D-Day Announcement to Troops0:04:13 1944-06-05 BBC Field Marshall Montgomery Address On Eve Of D-Day

The Journey

0:05:08 1944-06-03 BBC Robin Duff On Sealed Ship0:05:50 1944-06-06 BBC Robin Duff Mid Channel To Normandy0:06:16 1944-06-08 BBC Allied Troops Prayer Before Invasion0:06:45 1944-06-08 CAN Travelling With D-Day Convoy0:07:10 1944-06-06 D-Day Ship Attack

The Assault Begins

0:09:21 1944-06-06 BBC Colin Wills Lands With Infantry0:09:57 1944-06-08 BBC Robin Duff Five Minutes Before H-Hour0:10:20 1944-06-08 BBC Robin Duff At Signal For Landing0:10:45 1944-12-31 MBS News 1944 In Review0:11:22 1944-06-08 BBC British Tank Crew Describes Beach Landing0:11:48 1944-06-08 BBC UK Soldier Landing Near Coastal Mines0:12:10 1944-06-08 CAN Recounting The Landing0:12:41 1944-06-08 CAN The Scene On The Beach (3 Clips)0:13:32 1944-06-08 CAN US Soldier On The Beach (2 Clips)0:13:58 1944-06-08 CAN A Handful Of French Sand

The First Reports

0:14:45 1944-06-06 0330 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:14:49 1944-06-06 0300 CBS News Unconfirmed Reports Of Invasion (3 Clips)0:16:27 1944-06-06 0332 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:16:45 1944-06-06 0330 CBS D-Day Broadcast (2 Clips)

The Paratroopers Land

0:17:26 1944-06-06 BBC Chester Wilmot In Glider0:18:11 1944-06-06 BBC Chester Wilmot Sees Gliders0:18:36 1944-06-06 CAN Glider Formations Flying Over The Beaches0:19:45 1944-06-06 BBC Chester Wilmot Reports From Inside British Glider0:20:09 1944-06-06 BBC Guy Byam Parachutes Into France0:20:43 1944-06-06 BBC Alan Melville Sees Paratroops0:21:03 1944-06-08 BBC The 13th Man To Land In France0:21:15 1944-12-31 MBS News 1944 In Review

The Announcement

0:22:29 1944-06-06 D-Day Announcement - BBC Newsflash0:23:28 1944-06-06 0332 NBC D-Day Broadcast (3 Clips)0:25:31 1944-12-31 MBS News 1944 In Review0:26:59 1944-06-06 0332 NBC D-Day Broadcast

4am to 5am EST

0:27:23 1944-06-06 0415 CBS D-Day Broadcast (4 Clips)0:28:51 1944-06-06 0400 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:28:58 1944-06-06 0415 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:29:45 1944-06-06 0415 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:30:00 1944-06-06 D-Day Message To Free French Troops

5am to 9am EST

0:30:19 1944-06-06 BBC John Snagge D-Day Has Come0:30:56 1944-06-06 0500 CBS D-Day Broadcast (11 Clips)0:34:12 1944-06-06 0540 CBS D-Day Broadcast (4 Clips)0:36:45 1944-06-06 BBC Eisenhower to Western Europe0:37:14 1944-06-06 0540 CBS D-Day Broadcast

9am to 12pm EST

0:38:00 1944-06-06 0900 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:39:10 1944-06-06 0930 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:39:42 1944-06-06 0900 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:40:20 1944-06-06 0927 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:40:34 1944-06-06 0930 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:41:00 1944-06-06 0900 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:41:33 1944-06-06 0930 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:42:16 1944-06-06 0927 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:43:13 1944-06-08 CAN Reports From The Beachhead0:43:31 1944-06-06 0927 CBS D-Day Broadcast (2 Clips)0:44:10 1944-06-06 US D-Day Bulletin On Landing Success0:44:23 1944-06-06 1015 CBS Light Of The World

12pm to 4:30pm EST

0:45:33 1944-06-06 Eisenhower's D-Day Broadcast to Western Europe0:46:16 1944-06-06 1200 CBS Kate Smith Speaks - Prayer For Our Troops0:46:33 1944-06-06 Crisco News D-Day0:47:42 1944-06-06 1300 NBC News Reports From London0:48:01 1944-06-06 1245 CBS D-Day Broadcast (2 Clips)0:48:36 1944-06-06 1300 NBC News Reports From London

4:30pm to 8pm EST

0:50:04 1944-06-06 16300:51:05 1944-06-06 1915 CBS Passing Parade0:51:35 1944-06-06 16300:52:44 1944-06-06 1830 NBCR Fibber McGee and Molly D-Day Broadcast0:52:57 1944-06-06 1630 NBC D-Day Broadcast0:53:49 1944-06-06 1830 NBC News Lowell Thomas Reporting0:54:40 1944-06-06 1800 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:55:04 1944-06-06 1915 CBS Passing Parade0:55:34 1944-06-06 1800 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:56:42 1944-06-06 Cross Country Reaction to D-Day0:56:58 1944-06-06 1830 NBCR Fibber McGee and Molly D-Day Broadcast0:57:49 1944-06-06 1915 CBS Passing Parade0:57:57 1944-06-06 1630

8pm to Midnight EST

0:58:15 1944-06-06 2000 NBC Dr Goldstein And Ginny Simms0:58:38 1944-06-06 2130 CBS D-Day Broadcast0:59:00 1944-06-08 CAN Nighttime Convoy Anti-Aircraft Attack0:59:40 1944-06-06 2000 NBC Dr Goldstein And Ginny Simms1:00:08 1944-06-06 2210 NBC Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians1:01:10 1944-06-06 2130 CBS D-Day Broadcast1:03:20 1944-06-06 2210 NBC Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians1:04:00 1944-06-06 2000 NBC Dr Goldstein And Ginny Simms1:04:27 1944-06-06 2210 NBC Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians1:05:40 1944-06-06 2130 CBS D-Day Broadcast1:06:28 1944-06-06 2000 NBC Dr Goldstein And Ginny Simms1:06:53 1944-06-06 2130 CBS D-Day Broadcast (2 Clips)1:08:15 1944-06-06 NBC Poem and Prayer for Invading Army1:10:59 1944-06-06 2210 NBC Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians1:11:39 1944-06-06 2130 CBS D-Day Broadcast (2 Clips)1:12:48 1944-06-06 2000 NBC Dr Goldstein And Ginny Simms1:13:06 1944-06-06 2130 CBS D-Day Broadcast1:13:42 1944-06-06 2200 NBCR Bob Hope Show1:14:10 1944-06-06 2210 NBC Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians

The Next Day And Later

1:14:34 1944-06-08 CBS News D-Day Invasion1:14:53 1944-06-07 NBCB George Hicks From The Deck Of USS Ancon1:16:04 1944-06-08 CBS News D-Day Invasion1:16:19 1944-06-07 CBS Kate Smith Speaks1:16:59 1944-06-08 CBS News D-Day Invasion1:17:17 1944-06-17 BBC Frank Gillard Takes Cover1:17:45 1944-06-12 BBC Richard Dimbleby Reports Flying Over Normandy1:19:33 1944-06-08 CBC Matthew Halton Welcomed By French Civilians1:20:12 1944-06-08 BBC Michael Standing On French Civilians1:20:42 1944-06-14 BBC Alan Melville Hermanville - Church Bells

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