France's D-Day veteran hero - The Sound Kitchen
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the French D-Day veteran. There’s information on The Sound Kitchen listener essay contests, the “Listeners Corner”, and lots…
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This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the French D-Day veteran. There’s information on The Sound Kitchen listener essay contests, the “Listeners Corner”, and lots…
Leon Gautier was among the first waves of Allied troops to storm the heavily-defended beaches of Nazi-occupied northern France.
He and his comrades in Kieffer Commando Unit were among the first Allied troops to storm the beaches of Nazi-occupied northern France in June 1944.
French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the World War II Normandy landings in the company of 100 year-old Lon Gautier the last living Frenchman to have taken part in the D-Day operation on 6 June, 1944.
France's iconic abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel is celebrating 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone in 923, with President Emmanuel Macron marking the occasion in Normandy on the eve of the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings.