100 D-Day 80th anniversary special – Gold, Omaha and more
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A special episode to commemorate the events of D-Day 6 June 44. The 80th anniversary. Four veteran accounts of the landings. D-Day Episodes mentioned: Bill Cheall: Episode 3 William Hershel Nelson: Episode 99  Eric Clarke: Episode 42 D-Day 75 - Landing Craft Tank in WWII - Eric Clark D-Day veteran memoir Brian Moss: Episodes 2, 3 and 13 Through German Eyes in the Second World War: Episodes 46/47 All D-Day/Normandy episodes: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/category/d-day/ Buy Me a Coffee - get option of a video reply. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fightingthrough Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FightingThrough Books mentioned: Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg – Bill Cheall: https://amzn.to/3KpppQq The Trials and Tribulations of a D-Day landing on Omaha Beach – BBC People’s War –  Published Memoir: The Untold Story by William Hershel Nelson: https://amzn.eu/d/364xd3G Brian Moss in Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges: A Sapper's Second World War Diary – by Mike Moss: https://amzn.to/4ehXIqu Full show notes, photos and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/99-Omaha-Heroes-and-their-WW2-stories Reviews on main website: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/   Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulCheall Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FightingThroughPodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlqRO9MdFBUrKM6ExEOzVQ?view_as=subscriber    
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