{"id":52246,"date":"2024-05-28T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2047287"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:28:16","slug":"this-weeks-radio-times-commemorates-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/this-weeks-radio-times-commemorates-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day\/","title":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s Radio Times commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet the men and women who fought for freedom in 1944. <\/p>

By Shem Law\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 15:00 PM<\/p>

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The four covers we have created for this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong> commemorate the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and the start of the campaign to liberate mainland Europe. It so happens that the invasion was planned just yards from where I\u2019m writing this.<\/p>\n

Opposite Radio Times<\/strong> Towers in London once stood St Paul\u2019s School (General Montgomery\u2019s alma mater) and it was there on 15 May 1944 that the daring plan was shown to General Eisenhower, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, King George VI and senior Allied commanders, as the plaque explains.<\/p>\n

But, more importantly, the four people on our covers bore witness and were instrumental in the success of D-Day. In this issue, they tell their remarkable stories, which are all the more important now that they\u2019re among the last people\nalive who witnessed those incredible events.<\/p>\n

They were not generals or admirals but ordinary young people, in awe and frightened in equal parts at the task ahead. What comes across is their modesty and conviction that they were doing the right thing, but also the wish that no one should have to go through what they did ever again.<\/p>\n

Read more in our feature in this issue, which includes a guide to this week\u2019s commemorative events on TV.<\/p>\n

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Also in this week\u2019s Radio Times:<\/strong><\/h2>\n