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Nov 2023
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2 - The first landings and the Airborne ...

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”I was sitting in on the greatest show ever staged!” As the brave men and women of the Resistance hurried through the pre-dawn darkness, risking lives to sabotage the Germans, off the Normandy coast the first landing craft were ferrying Captain Moose Schroeder and his men towards Utah Beach – the Americans were coming. And just in time for their airborne compatriots, fighting desperately to survive inland.


Narrated by Paul Waggott

Written by Robin Scott Elliot

Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio

Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn

A Goalhanger Podcasts Production


Cast;

Mike Lyons

Timothy Knutsen

Micky Vee

Thomas Mitchells

Lukas Weschler

Alex Figueiredo

Carolyn Saint Pe

Alexander Pinault

Mustafa Bouanani

Morrison James

Karim Kronfli

Darcey Ferguson

Alex Magliaro

Joel Emery

Adam Jarrell

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