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11. Angels of Mercy

2024/8/7
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D-Day: The Tide Turns

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Iris Ogilvie and Molly Giles, RAF nurses, were among the first women to cross the Channel on D-Day, setting up a field hospital in Normandy despite the dangers.

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Thousands of nurses begin landing in France, some of them never to return. Codebreakers at Bletchley Park decrypt German communications, feeding vital intel to the front lines. Female pilots dodge German fighters in the skies above Britain. And on a sinking hospital ship in the Channel, an extraordinary act of sacrifice unfolds…

A Noiser production, written by Jo Furniss.

A special thanks to Legasee for the use of their archive of personal recollections from the men and women who witnessed D-Day. To view the full interviews, visit legasee.org.uk

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