D-Day plus 62 years
Sixty two years ago today, Allied forces stormed five beaches in Normandy France. The names of Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold, and Juno Beaches were marked into the history books.
The History Guy: World War 2: The Invasion of Normandy (1944)
By the end of the of the entire Normandy Campaign, nearly 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded, or missing.
Welcome to D-Day on the Web, a comprehensive guide and web directory to the the allied invasion of Normandy begun on June 6, 1944.
Encyclopædia Britannica’s Guide to Normandy 1944
Encyclopædia Britannica tells the story of the Normandy Invasion through the spoken recollections of veterans who fought it, the newsreels that brought the news home, and the written words of historians who have dedicated years to studying the great campaign.
THIS WEB SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE BRAVE MEN, HEROES ONE AND ALL, WHO TOOK PART IN THE D-DAY LANDINGS
6th. JUNE 1944.
“This website pays homage to those young Americans, who fought 06 June 1944, at Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and the Pointe du Hoc, places responsible for changing the course of history.”
On days like this you need to stop for a moment and consider the incredible sacrifice that was made so that we could be free. It puts the petty problems of our lives in a different perspective.
BLACKFIVE, Hot Air, Babalu Blog, and Confederate Yankee are hitting this subject today also. As I’m sure are hundreds if not thousands of others.