Viewers have slammed the BBC after a D-Day particular of Vintage Roadshow appeared to confuse Weymouth with Poole and put Amsterdam 50 miles misplaced.
Through the hour lengthy episode a collection of maps had been proven to the viewers which confirmed the ports within the south of England the place 1000’s of Allied troops embarked for Operation Overlord – the codename for the navy operation which culminated within the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany.
Weymouth in Dorset performed an important position as greater than 100,000 males had been staged there forward of the invasion of Normandy.
However, inexplicably, the BBC confused the Georgian harbour city with Poole and positioned it 30 miles to the east on its maps.
The Beeb additionally bizarrely relocated Amsterdam 50 miles south to the place Rotterdam is on one other map.
Weymouth in Dorset performed an important position as greater than 100,000 males had been staged there forward of the invasion of Normandy. However, inexplicably, the BBC confused the Georgian harbour city with Poole and positioned it 30 miles to the east on its maps
The Beeb additionally bizarrely relocated Amsterdam 50 miles south to the place Rotterdam is on one other map
Fiona Bruce hosted the particular version of Vintage Roadshow which commemorated the eightieth anniversary of D-Day. It included particular visitors together with Discipline Marshal Montgomery’s grandson – Henry Montgomery
Viewers to final night time’s present had been left shocked and confused by the very fundamental errors.
One posted on social media: ‘Excuse me, Fiona Bruce, however the place precisely is Weymouth?
‘I used to be shocked that one thing so fundamental may very well be acquired so fallacious; on such an vital episode of certainly one of their flagship programmes.
‘Some poor researcher might be getting the hairdryer therapy proper now; how embarrassing.’
One other view mentioned: ‘Though Poole and Weymouth are in the identical county they’re miles aside.
‘Weymouth was a significant embarkation level for the Individuals who went to Omaha Seaside and it shouldn’t have been neglected like this.
‘It is a good job that those that deliberate D-Day did not make such fundamental errors on their mapping.’
The proper location of Weymouth in relation to Poole
A map of The Netherlands exhibiting the proper areas Amsterdam and Rotterdam
A BBC Spokesperson instructed MailOnline: ‘A graphic recreation of a wartime map incorrectly positioned the city of Weymouth. This has been corrected for future broadcasts.’
The particular version of Vintage Roadshow commemorated the eightieth anniversary of D-Day which included particular visitors together with Discipline Marshal Montgomery’s grandson – Henry Montgomery.
Discipline Marshal Montgomery was Floor Forces Commander in Chief throughout Operation Overlord. His grandson met with militaria specialist Mark Smith to speak about his grandfather.
In a letter despatched out to troops the night time earlier than D-Day on June 6, Monty wrote: ‘Good luck to every certainly one of you, and good looking on the mainland of Europe.’
Explaining the significance of the letter, his grandson Henry mentioned: ‘Grandfather actually understood that each one the cautious planning, significantly within the run -up to Normandy and the D-Day invasion, he knew that nevertheless good the plans had been, it was the lads on the bottom who needed to do the work.’
He added: ‘Grandfather all the time nearly bullet factors. Very pithy. Very to the purpose. Restricted use of phrases, which was very a lot his fashion of talking and writing.’
