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To mark the 60th anniversary of the Normandy battle in which the Allies launched a campaign to liberate western Europe, military historian Max Hastings recalls the huge and harrowing undertaking whose outcome had a profound effect on the entire continent.
Producer Carmela Dtclemente

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Hastings
Producer:
Carmela Dtclemente

An extended edition to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, featuring hymns sung by Only Men Aloud, directed by Tim Rees Evans with organist Jeffrey Howard, and by choirs in Portsmouth's Roman Catholic Cathedral, directed by David Thorne with organist Peter Newman. Roger Royle talks to those who recall the event at first hand.

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger Royle
Singers:
Only Men Aloud
Only Men Aloud directed by:
Tim Rees Evans
Organist:
Jeffrey Howard
Choirs directed by:
David Thorne
Organist:
Peter Newman

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