D-Day - The Food that fuelled the assault
Leyla Kazim takes a look at a real unopened D-Day ration pack, heads to a Wiltshire village to find out what the 'Band of Brothers' were eating, and gets a taste of army food now.
As we mark 80 years since the D-Day assaults, Leyla Kazim gets a peek at what's thought to the be the world's only surviving unopened D-Day ration pack, and explores the food that fuelled the troops through the challenge ahead. She's heading back in time in one Wiltshire village that housed the famous "Band of Brothers" to find out what they were eating.. and she sits down to with two Army veterans to talk about their food memories, getting a taste of a genuine British ration pack along the way.
Presenter Leyla Kazim
Producer Tory Pope
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- Sat 15 Jun 2024 22:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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