Four Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

TODAY IS THE DAY - D-Day the 6th of June 1944

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Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO - A DAY OF HUGE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Four bulletins report the day's progress from dawn to dusk as the long-awaited landings start with troops from Dorset and Hampshire among the first to set foot on the Normandy beaches. This is the beginning of the liberation of Europe. Ten thousand allied soldiers will be killed or wounded in the course of this momentous day.

D-Day June 6

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

Yes it really is the 28th of May 1944 !!!!

Special radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind today - seventy years ago.

Included in today's listening: Weymouth is badly hit in an overnight air raid, costal guns thwart attempts to lay mines along the Dorset coast, a soldier is in court after a fatal accident in Holdenhurst Road, several Dorset people fined for keeping an unregistered pig, and General Montgomery leaves for the Middle East - but is it really him?

May 28 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

The 29th of May 1944

Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind today - seventy years ago.

A massive wave of air raids launched against targets in Germany and occupied Europe, Dorset soldiers lead a new offensive in Burma, more Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch people in court this morning for not carrying identity cards, and a Post Office appeal to send letters rather than use the phone.

May 29 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

Something big is happening - this is how it was on 30th of May 1944

Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

Among today's headlines: roads are choked with convoys as troops move from camps to D-Day embarkation points in Poole and Wemouth, mail services are suspended and all post boxes sealed as a security precaution, a West Dorset teenager is charged with trying to kill a policeman, a Christchurch man appears in court after alleged misuse of petrol coupons, and MPs accuse popular singer Vera Lynn of immorality and undermining morale. 

May 30 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

THE TENSION IS RISING - on 31st of May 1944

Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

Among today's headlines: all troops are now aboard their transports and subject to a communications blackout, men from the Dorset and Hampshire Regiments are to be part of the initial assault on the Normandy beaches, moonlight glider exercises are taking place at Tarrant Rushton, a number of local people have been fined for not carrying or signing their ID cards, and post-war plans are revealed to train ex-servicemen for work in the New Forest.  

May 31 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

FEEL HOW IT FELT - on 1st of June 1944

Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

It is a quiet and expectant day locally but ...... German forces are cut off in Italy, Russia's Red Army advances into Romania, Beveridge talks about a "Welfare State" for post-war Britain, men from Christchurch and Boscombe are in court on black marketeering charges and - we have a mysterious message in French for our listeners across the Channel.

June 1 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

HISTORY ALIVE - the buildup continues - on 2nd of June 1944

Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO. And there is plenty to think about!

In today's headlines: American assault craft arrive off Weymouth, Portland and Poole, the US First infantry division leaves Blandford for the coast, a Poole soldier is among twenty killed in a training accident, the Pope pleads for Allied and Axis forces to spare Rome, a Dorset Regiment company commander is killed in Burma as he tries to save one of his men, RAF Bomber command reveals it flew more than 11,000 sorties in May, midget submarines are seen heading towards France - and Clark Gable gets a promotion.

June 2 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

THE PRESSURE MOUNTS - on 3rd of June 1944

Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO. 

Among today's headlines: Winston Churchill visits troops waiting aboard the D-Day assault craft, Allied forces are on the outskirts of Rome, a Swanage man reveals how the Germans are being tricked, a quarter of the inhabitants are made homeless when an ammunition train explodes in a Cambridgeshire town, the French resistance tunes in for our special radio messages, and there are celebrations as a wounded Ringwood soldier returns home after being released from a German prisoner of war camp.

June 3 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

JUST ONE QUESTION - on 4th of June 1944

Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO. 

Amongst today's headlines: the top-secret date for D-Day is tomorrow but the weather forecast is bad,  scores of ships anchor in Poole Bay as the massive naval build up continues, troops get final briefings, there are more diversionary raids on the North French coast, Alexander Fleming gets a knighthood for discovering penicillin and fifty American aircraft make a surprise landing in Christchurch after running out of fuel. 

June 4 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER - on 5th of June 1944


Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO. 

Among today's headlines: a rapturous welcome as American troops march into Rome, it is decided that D-Day will be tomorrow, Poole and Christchurch Bays are now packed tight with ships, locally based aircraft attack radar and communications targets in France, an airman is back flying missions from Hurn just hours after crashing in the sea, and the French Resistance gets a long awaited code message.

June 5 1944

Radio D-Day news bulletins of what was happening locally, nationally and around the world on this day in 1944.

BLOOD AND HEROISM - 7th of June 1944


Online radio news bulletins reporting what would have been on your mind TODAY - SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

In the headlines:  The King broadcasts to the nation, there is desperate fighting to consolidate the Allied bridgehead, the Hampshire Regiment's battalion commander is wounded twice and his second in command is killed by a sniper, ships are scuttled to create a temporary harbour, Hitler takes personal control of the German defences, the Allied offensive gathers momentum in Italy, and to put it all in perspective - a well-known Bournemouth aristocrat is confined to bed after her tricycle overturns in Boscombe.

Mel Bray

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