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D-Day: The Tide Turns

D-Day: The Tide Turns

by NOISER

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1944. Europe is in the grip of the Nazi war machine. But on the shores of Great Britain, thousands of men and women are planning the great fightback. On the beaches, in the skies, out at sea and behind enemy lines... What will it take to turn the tide of the war?

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary, D-Day: The Tide Turns follows the real people involved in the Normandy Landings.

Hosted by Paul McGann. New episodes Thursdays.

Available for free wherever you get your podcasts or at noiser.com

Selected as one of Apple Podcasts Favourites of 2024.

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Produced by Duncan Barrett and Miriam Baines. Audio by George Tapp, Cian Ryan-Morgan, Thomas Pink and Dorry Macaulay. Music by Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines.

No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception.

Episodes

  • Introducing: Founding Fathers: An American Dream - Episode 1 · 1 h 3 min · Season 1This is a preview of a brand-new show from the Noiser Podcast Network. Hosted by Clarke Peters (The Wire, The Boroughs), 'Founding Fathers: An American Dream' tells the epic…
  • Introducing: Real Vikings - Episode 1 · 54 min · Season 1This is a preview of a brand-new show from the Noiser podcast network. Hosted by Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Silo), Real Vikings takes you on a deep dive into the Viking age…
  • Introducing: Titanic: Ship of Dreams - Episode 1 · 55 min · Season 1This is a taster episode of a brand-new podcast from the Noiser podcast network. Join host Paul McGann as he explores life and death on the most famous ship in history. You’ll…
  • 12. The Road to Paris · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 12We conclude our D-Day story. What happened after the sixth of June? Three months of bitter fighting across Normandy. Hundreds of thousands of casualties. And, as Operation…
  • 11. Angels of Mercy · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 11Thousands 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…
  • 10. Journalists on the Front Line · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 10Allied journalists parachute into France and land on the beaches with the invasion force. Legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn stows away on a ship, determined to beat her…
  • 9. Katastrophe · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 9D-Day from the German perspective. Star general, Erwin Rommel, celebrates his wife’s birthday… 500 miles from Normandy. A dinner party at his vacant headquarters is interrupted…
  • 8. Suicide Squad · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 8In this episode, a very personal D-Day story - the story of our host’s own father. Paul is joined on the podcast by his brother, Stephen, to explore how D-Day impacted the McGann…
  • 7. Omaha Beach · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 7American forces land on Omaha, the most deadly of the D-Day beaches. So many are killed in the first few hours that a US general almost calls off the attack. It’s the closest…
  • 6. The Armada Advances · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 6Seven thousand ships depart Britain. The King intervenes to prevent Churchill from personally crossing the Channel. On board, soldiers prepare themselves in whatever ways they…
  • 5. Crash Landing · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 5In the dead of night, airborne troops become the first Allied soldiers to set foot in France. Engineless gliders carrying men and equipment crash-land behind enemy lines. A…
  • 4. The Longest Night… · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 4General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his confidante spend the eve of D-Day wracked with nerves. The Supreme Commander writes a heartfelt letter of apology… to be released if the…
  • 3. Behind Enemy Lines · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 3A mysterious radio broadcast summons help from behind enemy lines. British spies steal their way through France, as Resistance operatives sabotage key German targets. Civilians…
  • 2. An Imperfect Storm · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 2A storm brewing in the Atlantic threatens to scupper the D-Day invasion plans. On the west coast of Ireland, at a remote post office, a woman transmits a crucial report. The…
  • 1. The Spy Who Fooled Hitler · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 1In the dead of night, two British commandos carry out a daring intelligence gathering mission… right under German noses. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill set the…
  • TEASER: The Crossword Conundrum · 5 min · Season 1A Surrey headmaster Leonard Dawe receives a visit from MI5. Has this mild-mannered teacher just leaked the top-secret plans for the largest seaborne invasion in history... in a…
  • D-Day: The Tide Turns - Trailer · 1 min · Season 1The new show from multi-award-winning podcasters, Noiser. Narrated by Paul McGann. Launching June 6th 2024. For ad-free listening, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get…

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