Remembering the Normandy Landing on June 6, 1944

“THE VANQUISHING OF NAZI TYRANNY”

by Capt. Joseph R. John (Ret), ©2019

(Jun. 6, 2019) —The 75^th anniversary of the Normandy Landing is commemorated today, June 6, 2019, to honor the sacrifices of a generation of allies that made up the invasion force of over 150,000 military personnel from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Free France. The 80 photos in the attachment depict some of the real-time historic wartime photos taken during the historic Normandy Landing.

Forces from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece and the Netherlands joined the land operation, lending support from the air and sea in combination with Australian, New Zealand and Norwegian units.

Millions of Americans in the Greatest Generation came together at home to support the World War II effort. American young men trained a home, then went into combat on foreign fields of fire in order to secure freedom for millions of suppressed and interned people under Hitler’s oppressive National Socialist regime. A total of 9,388 American military personnel were lost on the beaches of Normandy, and 407,300 American military personnel were lost in WWII.

We honor the memory of the American military personnel who gave their all and were lost in the flower of their youth. The free world is forever grateful for their heroic efforts that led to the vanquishing of Nazi tyranny.  God bless their noble souls.

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