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D-Day as the 大象传媒 reported it
Audio from the 大象传媒 Home Service's midday bulletin on D-Day, along with the original radio script.
Allied troops started to land on the French coast at 06:30 on 6 June 1944 in one of the biggest military operations in history.
At midday, the radio announcer John Snagge broadcast on the 大象传媒 Home Service that "D-Day has come".
Here is the audio of his broadcast heard by millions of people that day, along with the original 大象传媒 script.
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