Airborne Assault On D-Day: From the Archive

June 6th, 1944...D-Day. It was the greatest military assault ever staged. Code named Operation Overlord, the massive invasion of Normandy by the Allies involved more than a quarter of a million soldiers, sailors and airmen as well as 5000 ships and 3000 aircraft. Tom McCarthy and Francis Lamoureux were Parachute Infantrymen during the epic conflict. They tell their riveting first-hand accounts in this dramatic presentation, Airborne Assault on D-Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Airborne Assault On D-Day: From the Archive is an episode from Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories by Robert Kirk.

This episode is 65:29 long.

This episode was published on Sep 18, 2025.

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