Tag: Normandy

  • D-Day 79 years later: the battle that was the beginning of the end of WWII

    Today is the 79th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Over 150,000 Allied forces took part in the invasion. Over a million men were part of the overall battle of Normandy. Thousands of ships and planes. Even trying to fathom the size of the operation is impossible to comprehend.   It remains the largest seaborne invasion…

  • D-Day 78 years later: the battle that was the beginning of the end of WWII

    D-Day 78 years later: the battle that was the beginning of the end of WWII

    Today is the 78th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Over 150,000 Allied forces took part in the invasion. Over a million men were part of the overall battle of Normandy. Thousands of ships and planes. Even trying to fathom the size of the operation is impossible to comprehend.   It remains the largest seaborne invasion…

  • D-Day 76 years later: the battle that was the beginning of the end of WWII

    Today is the 76th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Over 150,000 Allied forces took part in the invasion. Over a million men were part of the overall battle of Normandy. Thousands of ships and planes. Even trying to fathom the size of the operation is impossible to comprehend.   It remains the largest seaborne invasion…

  • Six stories that will warm your heart

    There’s often so much negativity in the news. But there are also a lot of good stories of people serving others, sacrificing for others, being good to others. I like to bookmark stories that I find especially heartwarming.

  • 75th anniversary of D-Day

    75th anniversary of D-Day

    Today is the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Over 150,000 Allied forces took part in the invasion. Over a million men were part of the overall battle of Normandy. Thousands of ships and planes. Even trying to fathom the size of the operation is impossible to comprehend. A lot of our mental images of…