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D-Day 80th Anniversary: Your Guide To Commemorative Events In Normandy
Forbes· 6 days agoThere are many reasons to head to France in 2024—the Olympic Games in Paris, the Euro 2024 football...
D-Day beach cafe ‘hates the English and refused to serve British soldiers’
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoA Second World War tour guide has criticised a cafe overlooking Normandy’s Omaha beach, claiming it...
Late Four-Star General from Polk County led soldiers on D-Day during World War II: ‘Go to the beach’
WTVT via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoNext month marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied troop landing at Normandy during World War II....
Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 6 days agoMr Aldred, 99, who served as a tank driver and landed on Gold Beach in Normandy the day after D-Day...
WWII veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoThe last known D-Day veteran in Las Vegas will return to Normandy. Five years ago, Onofrio “No-No”...
Sand ceremony honors the fallen at Normandy American Cemetery
WFLA· 3 days agoOn June 6th, Americans across the country will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In ...
D-Day veterans recall looking forward to cups of tea and bailing out of tanks
Press Association News via AOL· 6 days agoHe said: “You all stick together like glue and the main thing is ‘how soon can I have a cup of...
France prepares for D-Day’s 80th anniversary this year
WFLA· 3 days agoA ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be present.
80th anniversary of deadly D-Day rehearsal marked
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSlapton Sands was used for various D-Day rehearsals because of its geographical similarities to Utah Beach in Normandy
Service in Devon remembers D-Day rehearsal tragedy
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe cairn was unveiled in Dartmouth, near Slapton Sands, on 5 April [BBC] The area was chosen for the exercise due to its topography resembling Utah ...