| Evidence: | 'Army officer: The first I heard of the invasion was when I was reading the papers in the mess after breakfast, when someone stuck his head round the door and said in a matter of fact voice - "well, they ve landed." People were interested, wanted more details? But didn't seem excited.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 6 Jun 1944 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: Sunday morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | anon [an army officer] |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Army officer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | newspaper |
| Genre: | News |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10604 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | File Report 2131, July 1944, THE INVASION OF FRANCE, p. 2, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see
http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-
Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
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| Citation: | File Report 2131, July 1944, THE INVASION OF FRANCE, p. 2, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see
http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-
Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
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