Crusade for Liberation! Week by week until the fateful D-Day, Allied invasion preparation shaped up on a staggering scale. A million and one details took on a pattern against a backdrop of suspense and anticipation on the part of forces and civilians in Britain and jittery Germans across the Channel. Never before in the worlds history has a military operation been so heralded by both sides as was the second front. Troops, tanks and transport are all loaded on 4000 ships. They put to sea to await the crucial moment. Guarding them were the guns of two mighty task forces of the combined navy. Overhead, the air forces provide an invulnerable protective ceiling. Before dawn, Tuesday June 6th, the word is given: advance! #DDay70 #StrongProudReady Canada Remembers
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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