CBS D-Day1800

Continuing its special worldwide coverage of the invasion on D-Day, CBS World News now presents Quincy Howe with Up to the Minute Development. Mr. Howe. Instead of repeating more recent scattered bulletins, it seems a good idea at this point to insert in today's broadcast the summary of the main events of the past 18 hours.

Shortly before midnight, the German radio announced, This is D-Day and spoke of a live had parachuted, landing in France. Three hours later came the first official announcement from Supreme Allied headquarters in Britain. It stated that the invasion had begun with heavy sea and air bombardment. Meanwhile, the underground resistance movement had been addressed

by various exiled leaders speaking over the shortwave radio from Britain, and General Eisenhower's headquarters told the inhabitants of the French coast that the air attacks on that region were entering a new phase. From then on, events moved rapidly and the rail news began to come in.

Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the crossing by sea had proved less difficult than had been expected. The fire of the German shore batteries was quickly quelled. Then came mass airborne landings, the largest in history. Everything was proceeding according to a plan, Churchill declared, and added, and what a plan. He thought we might have achieved tactical,

that means sort of local surprise. Britain's General Montgomery commanded the first invasion troops to include British, Canadian and American. And the day before D-Day he predicted that the Germans would take their or would make rather their strongest fight right on the beachhead themselves. But things went so well at the beachhead that it now seems likely that the Germans