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D-Day: Secret Maps

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Last broadcast on Tue, 9 Jun 2009, 00:50 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Historian Richard Holmes describes how tens of thousands of maps were created for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944. The War Office made a plea for holiday postcards, which were sent in in their thousands to provide vital details on landmarks, building elevations and landscape details.

Credits

Presenter
Richard Holmes
Producer
Nigel Stenhouse

Broadcasts

  1. Sat 6 Jun 2009
    20:50
    BBC Four
  2. Tue 9 Jun 2009
    00:50
    BBC Four

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Duration

30 minutes

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