{"id":2697,"date":"2024-06-30T22:38:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2024-06-30T22:39:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:39:43","slug":"in-2018-britains-got-talent-was-captivated-by-the-ww2-era-tunes-performed-by-the-d-day-darlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/in-2018-britains-got-talent-was-captivated-by-the-ww2-era-tunes-performed-by-the-d-day-darlings\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2018, Britain\u2019s Got Talent was captivated by the WW2-era tunes performed by The D-Day Darlings."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An audition for BGT 2018 was secured by the D-Day Darlings. Do you know what the \u201cD\u201d in \u201cD-Day\u201d stands for? Its meaning is \u201cDay\u201d\u2014which is quite strange. It was Tuesday, June 6, 1944, the day that the Allies\u2019 troops disembarked on the beaches of Normandy, France. The operation to free France and Western Europe from the armies of Nazi Germany began with the greatest naval invasion ever. The early phases of the operation were not successful, even with months of preparation and air assistance.\n\n\n\n

According to Wikipedia, between 4,000 and 9, 000 Germans died on D-Day. At least 10,000 Allied casualties were recorded, with 4,414 verified deaths. Katie Ashby wasn\u2019t trying to bring up the horrors of war when she established the D-Day Darlings in 2008. She aspired instead to pay tribute to the unwavering determination of the British people during WWII. Dame Vera Lynn and other wartime singers brought hope and comfort to both the troops and those at home; she was conjuring memories of them. Take a look:
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