1944 – 2024: 80TH Anniversary Of D -Day and the Battle of Normandy

 

On 6th June 1944, and during the long summer which followed, soldiers from the world over came to fight in Normandy to defeat Nazism and to re-establish Freedom. Normandy will bear the scars of the moment in history forever, and every year Normandy remembers and pays tribute to the veterans from America, Britain, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Poland, Australia, France and their brothers in arms, to those many heroes who lost their lives here during that summer, and are at rest in the cemeteries to be found throughout the area. 

It is often forgotten that the people of Normandy also paid a heavy price in those terrible battles. Each anniversary year is the occasion to pay tribute to the fallen and to the veterans who will come to attend the commemorative events and celebrations organized in Normandy. 

This year marks the 80th anniversary and Normandy is paying honour to the memory of these events and the men and women who came from all over the world to liberate France. 

Today there will be an international ceremony marking the 80th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy taking place on Omaha Beach, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, on the American sector.

For those of us unable to be in Normandy today, there are numerous events  organised in Normandy and, in particular, on the D-Day landing beaches up to the 15th of  October 2024.

• As you know we spend a couple of weeks in Normandfy every year and we are looking forward to paying our respects later in the year.

Lest we forget.

Leeann x