RADIO BROADCAST - JUNE 6 1944 D Day Invasion CBS - OLD TIME RADIO - 1 CD -

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• Coverage begins from CBS Radio News as reports come in first in the early hours of June 6th, 1944 from Berlin radio on the invasion, then the confirmation hours later from Supreme Allied Command in the UK. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time (GMT+2). In planning, as for most Allied operations, the term D-Day was used for the day of the actual landing, which was dependent on final approval. The landings were conducted in two phases: an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, US and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France Rated 5.0 out of 5.