Thursday, June 6, 2024

On this day in History - Early in the morning on June 6, 1944: D-Day.

Think back to this day in 1944.  How the young service members - many in the 18-20 year old range - how they must have felt participating in this invasion.  They were group into waves of Allied soldiers are landing on 5 beaches along Normandy, France.

June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the  start of the liberation of Europe.  

CLICK HERE to view History.com’s special on D-Day’s 70th anniversary - June 06, 2014, Landing at Normandy: The 5 Beaches of D-Day, by Jesse Greenspan, which looked back at the two American, one Canadian and two British landing points that kicked off the Allied invasion of Western Europe during World War II.

Utah Beach
Omaha Beach
Gold Beach
Juno Beach
Sword Beach

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