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D day - greenham's key role
Greenham control tower, burys bank road, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8BZ
Wed 19 Jun to Saturday 17 Aug 2024
10.30am to 3pm on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 10am to 4pm on weekends. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Admission free.
Parking free.
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D day - greenham's key role
Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force General Eisenhower made his famous speech to the massed troops at Greenham on the eve of d day...'the eyes of the world are on you'. Read that moving speech in full. See a remarkable copy of his draft speech in case things went wrong, it was a risky but ultimately successful operation so he never had to deliver it. Plus information boards and artefacts detailing the operations at greenham which involved many thousands of servicemen and hundreds of aircraft. Also visit the top floor of cold war control tower. Cafe.