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70th anniversary of D-Day
Topic Started: Jun 6 2014, 04:21 PM (316 Views)
CJ
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27737340

Almost 2,000 veterans and world leaders are attending the main commemoration event marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France.

They are gathered at Sword Beach in Normandy, one of five landing points for the Allies, where scenes from the 1944 invasion will be recreated.

The Queen earlier laid a wreath at a cemetery in Bayeux during a ceremony attended by about 400 veterans.

The landings were the first stage of the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.

By the end of D-Day on 6 June 1944, the Allies had established a foothold in France - an event that would eventually help bring the war to an end.



I'm glad to see these heroes - from those who made the ultimate sacrifice to those who remain with us 70 years on - are getting the recognition and celebration that they deserve. Without them, it would be very different world we live in today, for sure.
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We will remember them... I hope. :-/

I sure will. Six relatives of mine fought in WWII (that I know of) - on my mom's side, her dad (Sidney Hyde) was a captain in the Canadian Corps/Army. On my dad's, my Grandpa (Jim Chapman) fought in the Battle of the Atlantic, his uncle was in charge of the Canadian Tank Brigade (Brig. R.A. Wyman), and three of my grandma's brothers (Ed, Cliff, and Walt Banner) were in various branches of the Canadian Forces. They all came home alive, but not everyone did. May the sacrifices of those who gave life and limb for freedom not be in vain. It seems that in the Western world, we are increasingly giving up those freedoms which were so passionately fought for.

It should be mandatory to take history in HS, for one thing. ;) Even a base knowledge of the reasons World War II was fought would be beneficial to society.
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CJ
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Wow, that's quite a lot, really. Unfortunately, I don't have that: my grandparents would have been too young to serve, so any of my family who did serve would have been from my great-grandparents' generation. Even there, I only know of one who did: one of my great-grandfarthers participated in the Norwegian resistance movement while the country was under Nazi occupation. Sadly, I never had the chance to meet him, as he passed away when I was about three years old, but I did visit the cemetery in Oslo where he now rests.
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I'm pretty sure my grandfather fought during the war, Albert Stevens (RAF pilot)

I do agree that more should be taught on the subject in schools though.
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CJ
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In secondary school, I didn't do very much about the war itself, but I did do a term or so on the causes of it. This was in year 10 or 11, though, by which point the subject had become optional.

The thing about teaching more history at school is that it's probably easier said than done. Something else would have to make way for it - and, the question is, what would?
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