Audio From the Past [E02] - WW2 - George Hicks D-Day Broadcast (June 6, 1944)
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- Audio From the Past [E02] - WW2 - George Hicks D-Day Broadcast (June 6, 1944)
On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces launched "Operation Overlord", the largest amphibious invasion in History.
Among the thousands of ships sailing across the English Channel, a war correspondant narrates the battle raging on near the beaches of Normandy. His name was George Hicks.
Hicks was the London Bureau Chief for the Blue Network, which would later become "ABC", the American Broadcasting Company, He recorded an on-the-scene report of the landings from the USS Ancon, which was broadcast over the american networks via a pool feed.
The New York World-Telegram called his broadcast "the greatest recording yet to come out of the war.".
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My dad landed at Normandie 6th June 44, top men never to have thier like again. To hear the same noise my dad must have heard knowing he was there somewhere very emotional. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
This recording is so incredible. A really terrific account of history. Thanks for sharing this.
I am a blind individual, it is awesome to hear an audio from the past, the commentator actually describes the comeback audio, very nice, is very descriptive of what’s happening in the actual moment that all this is happening. Thank you for putting this are you out there.
How'd you even type this
@@Joeblue403 He has a custom braille iPhone
Joe Blue there’s a voice text option
Maybe someone typed it for them?
Phones have voice to type software
An amazing piece of history here, never knew anyone recorded something like this.
Hb 1:33 1:33
So amazing to hear genuine WW2 sounds. There's thousands upon thousands of photos but you don't hear much for audio. Kinda scary listening to it, especially knowing it was probably hundreds of times louder too.
Even the countless footage, a lot of it is filmed from the sidelines or at the site of the battle after the fighting has died down. It's rare to find something from right in the midst of a battle.
George Hicks had a portable recorder with him (very heavy, actually) and this was one of the only times the US Radio networks allowed a news recording to be played on the airwaves. On Murrow's recomendation, CBS rebroadcast this, as did NBC and Mutual.
The true sounds of D-Day, the ONLY recorded sounds, actually. Very historic.
My mother's family were neighbors of George Hicks in Jackson Heights Queens. I always heard about Mr. Hicks growing up and hearing this recording finally is incredible.
I am Georges' grandaughter and would love to hear some of those stories.
I can’t believe what I’m listening to. Actual sound from that day. Amazing.
Wow wow wow. As a really keen history buff that gets so excited by anything that can immerse me in the past, I was content with just hearing the chatter, and the conversations in the background, that really humanised it. But then to hear the sounds of the battle as well, and the commentator so accurately detailing it was just incredible and quite an experience that brought the war closer to our time
This was on the night of June 6th, 1944, not with the initial morning invasion. Hicks got the recording flown to London. There, at the Blue Network office, it was broadcast that night in the United States at 11:15 p.m. Eastern War Time on the Blue Network; not long after, the recording was played over the other networks, CBS, NBC and Mutual.
Those radio news reporters knew how to paint word pictures for the ear for a radio audience. This reporter Hicks was amazing. Great recording.
I was always under the impression that the Luftwaffe had no planes in the sky that fateful night.
Am I wrong in this because this amazing historic recording proves otherwise.
This is an incredible piece of recording history. He puts us right with the invasion fleet.
Just incredible.👍
IIRC, the Luftwaffe flew about 650 sorties on D-Day. By comparison, the allies flew around 21000 sorties on the same day. Clearly a lot were bombers, transports, glider tugs etc, but the disparity is very clear. There were swarms of allied fighters over the beaches and beyond, keeping most Luftwaffe sorties well away from the beaches.
@@ScienceChap Yeah. In explaining this, it helps me understand this invasion further.
Clearly, the numbers tell the tale.
Thank you.✌
This urban legend is because of the The Longest Day movie, I suppose. Germans had planes up in the sky, but the truth is that their numbers were no match for the Allies as Science Chap mentioned
@@theoneontheroad5274 Any morsel of info on this historic morning is huge, especially when it separates fact from fiction. Thanks ✌🇺🇸
@@theoneontheroad5274 I think that darkness allowed the Luftwaffe to come out to harass the ships.
Stephen Ambrose’s book “D-Day” brought me here. What an incredible broadcast
Bless ‘em all 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷
That's exactly why I'm listening now. I'm reading the book now.
I'm in Normandy, reading D-Day and listening to this.
It's a very emotional experience.
I had a great uncle land at Normandy with the 17th Engineers and my grandfather fought across europe with the 83rd Infantry, mu other grandfather flew B-17s over europe and then B-29s in the Pacific, had another great uncle who fought qith the 2nd Marines in the Pacific and my grandmother was a WAC. I had the privledge and honor of talking wìth them all about their individual experiences during the war before they passes, some to a greater extent than others. I wish I had been wise enough to record them. Hwaring a live-action report of that day really brings home and makes a bit more personal, what they experienced and lived through. Being a vet myself, it is interesting to actually hear the sounds of that style of warfare as it is different than what I experienced but at the same time very familiar.
I’m nine years old and people say I’m weird for listening and liking this kind of stuff. I’m known as the “Military nerd” in my class, other classes, the whole school probably. But this stuff is really interesting for me.
That's not weird at all. I was doing the same thing when I was your age. Now I'm 65 and I'm still doing it. Next week I'll be visiting France for the first time. I was in the 82nd Airborne Division a long time ago, so I'm looking forward to going to Ste Mere Eglise. You keep going like you are.
This is much more moving than the films.
I just can't imagine watching this. So proud & grateful for all those who served & especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Just so hard to imagine what they all went through. And their families. God bless them all ❣️🇺🇲
Thank you for uploading this amazing piece of history.
dude love this stuff I find myself just imaging it.
Before some un named people realized it was on the web, there was audio from a vietnam ace who, apparently drunk, spoke his literal mind on the war, the missions, and general Cluster Fudge and Snafu being inflicted on him from DC. That audio seems to have been NSA'd. Still, IRL is IRL. Good stuff!
I didn't know until about eight years ago. This was my father's generation, making sure we got a life. Thanks, Greatest Generation ❤!
Incredible feel for what happened on the day thanks for posting this
Can you imagine trying to report the war while surrounded by firing from all directions. Bless you men and women, we owe you a debt we can’t pay and you paid a debt you didn’t owe. Love.
The ships horn honestly sounds scarier than the gunfire.
God. ❤ Bless all. The. Young. Men. Who. Lost. There lifes. And. Hope. They. Are. In. Paradice. For. My. Life and. Freedom. In. This. 2023.
What a pro .. incredible commentary 👌👌👌
Absolutely amazing. I did not know there were any German planes on D Day .
Must have been a sight to behold.
My Uncle (Reid, 128102) dropped the first bomb on D-Day at 0011 hours. He was killed 20 days later on 26/06/44.
When men were men. Greastest generation ever!
Wow. Just wow.
What a sight this must've been. Unbelievable
Was the recording made the morning OF the invasion (June 6, 1944) BEFORE it happened, or the AFTER it? (Night of June 6/7). Because at the very end he says. “Now ten past 12 [midnight], the beginning of June 7, 1944.”
I'm still confused about this myself. If it's right as the invasion is starting I'm surprised they would have broadcasted it.
If you listen, he says it’s the evening of June 6th. If that’s the case, it would be the evening of our landing. We began our attack, landing, early on the morning of June 6th.
Seems to be the afternoon into evening " he said it's getting dark now " and then into the night.
Time zone adjustments must be made.
The Luftwaffe waited until after dark on D-Day to harass our landings.
8:49 He was a memer 76 years ago
Transcriptions please!! My english is not that good =(
we've yet to see a German plane over the amphibious convoy, which doesn't necessarily mean that we shan't see them, before the attack is over. our air support has been fine, and the loud speakers call out almost constantly spitfires on the port, or mustangs overhead, or b17s passing on the starboard side. As far as I know no report has come in of attack by nazi seacraft, on the convoy. Ok i'm bored sorry lol
2:30 what's that sound ?
William Acheson It’s the ships warning whistle to let the crew know the enemy is in the vicinity and be ready.
Hello, It would be very nice subtitles because my english isn't good. The preference in english or spanish :) Thank you!
Amelia Seguido busque la transcripción.
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Errr, did he stand back a bit or what? Just picturing where on the scene a report could stand.
he was on the transport ship USS Ancon, cause I cant imagine he would be on the beaches himself
What happened to the rest of the broadcast? I'm looking at a transcript and a lot is missing.
Brent Jones To the best of my knowledge, it is the only audio extract left. If the whole audio is available somewhere, I haven't found it yet.
This actual recording, is on an LP desk, in my local library, I heard it about 40 years ago, in my local library, Mountain View California to be exact.. LP stand for long playing record, that I went into the local library to check out.
@@josephhaddakin7095 Washington post brought you here as well ? 👍
@@andretoles9505 yes.
NBC Blue.
Probably shootin at there own aircraft..i heard this was a bad problem
My God, what Hell. My dad-a Marine-was part of the second largest amphibious landing, on the island of Saipan….he was in charge of one of the amphibious tractors carrying the soldiers from ship to beach, and when the job was done, he fought in the battle. It was also Hell on Earth, ending after 29,000 Japanese soldiers had been killed, because they wouldn’t surrender. I cannot glorify war in any sense, and it sickens me that wars are started by insane old men who couldn’t care less about the teenagers and young men they send into the meat grinder.
I wonder how many of the planes they were shooting at were Allied planes.
Hence the D-Day stripes.