On 6 June 1944, British, US and Canadian forces invaded the coast of northern France in Normandy. The landings were the first stage of Operation Overlord - the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe - and were intended to bring World War Two to an end. Portsmouth's D-Day Museum says as many as 4,413 Allied troops died on the day of the invasion - more than previously thought. By the end of D-Day, the Allies had established a foothold in France. Within 11 months Nazi Germany was defeated.
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Edward Farley "So many in the water," he remembers, "so many on the sand moaning, falling, creeping. Suffering and confusion... everywhere."
Normandy 44 by Phil Pead Their bodies and parachutes hung from the trees Near a church tower in Normandy at St Mere Eglise Eighty Second Airborne from a tracer filled sky The dice roll of fate choosing those who would die There are hundreds and hundreds on Omaha Beach The cliff tops above them now forever out of reach With mortars and machines guns and 88s as well It’s a wonder that any could’ve lived through that hell Gliders troops from the Sixth took the bridges at Orne But some never saw that first breaking of dawn They held out through daylight as the Panzers attacked But they never retreated, they never fell back The Eagles were screaming as they took Carentan They didn’t all make it, but the Germans, they ran Clearing the streets as the mortar shells burst Dying in scores were the Hundred and First Canadians that fought near the town of Courseulles Torn up and mangled by huge jerry shells They all knew the danger, some knew that they’d fall As they ran through the bullets to breach the sea wall British Commandos at Ouistreham, Queen Red The bridgehead they took there was paid for in dead Advancing inland as the day carried on Fewer and fewer with a lot of mates gone If you visit years later and hear the sea roar Don’t forget those who went there in June 44 For all those that fought there and the many that died Appreciate your Freedom and Remember them with Pride.
A Quiet Place It's quiet here ... so quiet Standing on this hill But if I stand here too much longer My eyes with tears will fill Looking down ... I'm there again On that beach ... just down below Far different ... to that morning That I remember so That beach ... it was a hell on earth Where no man ... should ever go I remember I was down there I should know Don't cry now ... dear old soldier That was many years ago
