From a London studio to the Colorado mountains.
- 1940The BBC opens its studio to the first members of the French resistance who fled occupation. Radio Londres begins.
- Spring 1944Hundreds of coded personal messages fill the Radio Londres broadcasts.
- June 1, 1944The first line of Verlaine’s autumn poem signals that the invasion is coming within two weeks.
- June 5, 1944The second line signals action within 48 hours. Sabotage begins.
- June 6, 1944The Normandy landings begin.
- 1962The Longest Day puts the BBC messages on screen.
- August 10, 1984Red Dawn opens and Radio Free America airs the code.
- 2012The Red Dawn remake keeps the encoded messages.
- 2016The Gun Websites crew produces the first John Has A Long Mustache patch.
The Red Dawn timeline continues on the sister site
Sources
Radio Londres, Wikipedia
Ici Londres, WW2 Escape Lines Memorial Society
Red Dawn, AFI Catalog