Wednesday, 6 June 2007

D-day - 63 years on


It is 63 years today that the Allied forces mounted an invasion of Nazi-occupied France in Normandy. Thousands of troops were put ashore across a series of beaches, sometimes taking the German forces by surprise. The High Command in Berlin had been fooled into thinking the invasion would come at Calais, where the English Channel is at its narrowest, only 22 miles.

At a huge cost in terms of lives, a bridgehead was established in Normandy at the end of 6 June 1944. It was a worthy sacrifice, as it heralded the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. It would take another 11 months of fighting, suffering and death for this goal to be achieved.

I suggest we spend a moment today remembering those that fell on that day in 1944, and throughout World War II. They gave their lives for us to live in freedom.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 June 2007 at 12:55

    Thankyou for the reminder Guido ,'that we might be free'....love Jan xx

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  2. Anonymous6 June 2007 at 13:50

    Wonderful tribute!
    Sugar

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  3. Anonymous6 June 2007 at 17:27

    Great entry...so many people have put WW II on the back burner.  I don't remember it, as I was just 2 1/2 years old on this day.  But , my dad was over there somewhere at that time.  He was in a Railroad Battilion so wasn't fighting in combat but he was away from my mother and myself.  Thanks for a great entry.
    Linda in Washington state  

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  4. Anonymous6 June 2007 at 18:06

    A neighbour of mine was due to go to the 60th anniversay of this, he'd been there in the army. He was so looking forward to the trip but died the day before. Let's not forget these brave men and the conditions they lived under to fight for our freedom. Jeannette xx  http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/  

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  5. Anonymous6 June 2007 at 21:56

    Thanks for the reminder...

    be well,
    Dawn

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  6. Anonymous7 June 2007 at 01:52

    Guido
    I join you in remembering those fallen heroes who gave their all that this operation would be a success.  I was privileged as a child to tour the beaches of Normandy and observe the fields of battle of the Normandy Invasion.  What was accomplished there on that day will always live in the annals of history as a great achievement and a huge sacrifice. They will forever have my thanks and gratitude.
    Sam

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  7. Anonymous7 June 2007 at 13:10

    They truly were the greatest generation.  -  Barbara

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