Tagged Landings

D-Day ‘best day ever’, veteran recalls

Bravenewmalden
News In Brief
June 7, 2019

D-Day veteran Frank Taunton today spoke falteringly of that fateful day 75 years ago when tens of thousands of allied soldiers stormed the beaches of northern France to liberate the continent from the Nazis. ‘It were bloody brilliant’, [read...]

if it wasn't for our brave boys, they'd be called 'Eine Richtung'

1D-Day celebrations commemorate the death of music

Wrenfoe
From The Archives
June 6, 2019

Veterans, historians and girls with retainers are united today in marking 1D-Day a day of remembrance for ‘our boys’ struggle to overcome lacklustre hair, no musical ability and the Nazi occupation of France. [read...]