Posts in Tag: Normandy
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Omaha Beach – Making the Most Out of a Visit to this Hallowed Ground
After visiting the U.S. Ranger monument at Pointe du Hoc, Liberation Tour 2015 headed to Omaha Beach, the scene of the largest Allied landing on D-Day and the fiercest fighting. While estimates vary, it seems certain that at least 2,000 young Americans died on the five mile stretch of beach that will forever remain the […]
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Pointe du Hoc – The United States Rangers Finest Hour
Yesterday Liberation Tour 2015 visited the Canadian landing sites at Juno Beach and afterward we made an emotional visit to the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery. Today we will do the same with regard to the American landings at Omaha Beach, but first, just as the Canadians and Brits had to deal with the batteries at Longues-sur-Mer, we […]
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Juno Beach – Understanding the Role Canadians Played at D-Day
It’s day four of the Liberation Tour 2015 and as Ed Sullivan would say, we are headed for “the really big shew”, Juno Beach and the Canadian landings on D-Day. When I use the words ‘Understanding Juno Beach’, I mean it, as my previous knowledge of exactly what was involved in the Allied landings on D-Day […]