When we think of D-Day, it is of the men who landed on the beaches or parachuted into Normandy. D-Day was a combined arms operation, with the involvement of both the naval and air branches. This included the Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force, with their Commonwealth and Imperial elements, as well as the UnitedContinueContinue reading “D-Day – The Naval and Air Involvement”
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Victory at a Cost
As we approach the 80th Anniversary of VE Day and VJ Day, days that were celebration for the public at the end of the European and Asian phases of the war. It will be hard not to be swept up in the parades and the pageantry of the events in London and around the globe,ContinueContinue reading “Victory at a Cost”
D-Day – Pegasus Bridge
One of the gliders used in the capture of Pegasus Bridge over the River Orne, 1944 Copyright: NAM 1975-03-63-18-158 Key to the success of the D-Day Landings, and the Battle of Normandy, was denying the enemy bridges, to prevent them from reinforcing the beaches or counterattacking. Equally key to the success, was the Allies breakingContinueContinue reading “D-Day – Pegasus Bridge”
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