Celebrating The Beginning of The End of World War II

As a toddler I celebrated with my family in Belfast Northern Ireland as our British troops with some 156,000 American and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Forever grateful to the many who paid the ultimate price that we can celebrate freedom.