Saturday, June 05, 2004

D-Day remembrances as seen in other countries and ours

In honor of the 60th anniversary of D-Day (tommorrow), I thought it would be useful to offer a selection of related pieces from broadcasters around the world. It's interesting to hear how media in various countries are remembering the events in Normandy.

Click on a link to go to the page where you can listen to the story. Some link to a single story, others to a page with a series of documentaries.


-Radio France -- Les Veillées du 60e anniversaire (in French).

-BBC Radio 4, Britain -- Radio 4 commemorates D-Day.

-CBC, Canada -- D-Day: Canada's role.

-RTE Radio One, Rep. of Ireland -- D Day 60 Years On - The Forgotten Heroes.

-RBTF, Belgium -- Commémorations du 6 juin (in French)

-NPR, USA -- Cronkite: Eisenhower's Return to Normandy.

-Deutsche Welle, Germany -- Remembering D-Day.



Also a few non-audio pieces:

-CBC -- Prince [Charles] honours Canadian war dead.

-Christian Science Monitor, USA -- D-Day foes forge new friendship.

-Le Monde, France -- Mémoire de Canadiens (in French)

-Le Monde -- La lente naissance du Jour J.







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