The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in Operation Overlord during WW2. The 'D' in D-Day doesn't stand for anything as it was used as a substitute for the actual date of the event.
Long-planned and long-wished for, D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in world history and marked the beginning of the collapse of the German forces.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Normandy Landings / D-Day
An information board in the garden tells us about a memorial but we can't fin...
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{On the left side:} This is the site of the north west corner of “A” block, C...
{On the left side:} This is the site of the south east corner of “A” block, C...
{On the left side:} This is the site of the south west corner of “A” block, C...
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport
7923, Oxford & Bucks Light Inf. Age 26. Now he lives in fame though not in life.
William Leonard York was born on 30 March 1886 in St John's Wood, Middlesex (now Greater London), the 3rd of the five children of William York (1854-1908) and Jane York nèe Taylor (1857-1892). His ...
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
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