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5th June 23.15 GMT

 

Blessent mon cœur
D’une langueur
Monotone.

 

(This excerpt from a poem by Paul Verlaine formed a coded message broadcast to the French resistance by Radio Londres, 5th June 1944 at 23.15 GMT informing them that the Allied invasion of France was imminent. Preceded by extensive airborne operations, the landings on the beaches of Normandy began on the morning of 6th June 1944.)

 

 

 

 

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2 Responses to “5th June 23.15 GMT”

  1. xi'an's avatar
    xi'an Says:
    June 7, 2019 at 3:49 pm

    I think you can now safely disclose the entire message without jeopardising the operations! Les sanglots longs des violons de l’automne…

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  2. Unknown's avatar
    Chanson d’Automne | In the Dark Says:
    June 6, 2023 at 5:55 pm

    […] posted the above poem by Paul Verlaine for two reasons. One is that lines from the poem were broadcast on the eve of the Normandy Landings. The landings themselves began in the morning of June 6th 1944 and the excerpt – the last […]

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