6-Jun-44

This topic was created in the History forum by ScorpioFish on Thursday, June 6, 2013 and has 5 replies.
Salute to all American, British, Canadian and French Heroes who saved Europe from German, Italian and other tyrannical forms of domination.
THEY WERE A BREAD OF MEN WHO DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE
THE MAN MY MOTHER WAS MARRIED TO AND MY FATHER WERE BOTH IN THAT WAR.
MY FATHER WAS A GUNNER IN THE B 17 MY MOTHERS HUSBAND WAS A GROUND SUPPORT MAN.
I visited the Normandy beaches a couple of years ago now
only spent a day there,which is nowhere near enough time
the museum in Caen is a day in itself
you can't help but be speechless when visiting the military cementries
Dieppe also has a feel about it
I'm originally from Newhaven,Sussex,so I visited the town often
my Grandfather was a Canadian soldier,he didn't take part in the raid on 19th August 1942
the Canadian cementry in Dieppe is alot smaller by comparison,but no less poignant
The real tyrant was STALIN.

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