The The D-Day Story and partners present an online exhibition in the lead up to the 80th anniversary of D-Day in WW2

Object 44:

This photograph was taken on board a landing craft that was only seconds away from touching down on Sword Beach.

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Of the 22,442 names on the Memorial, there are 2 extraordinary women.
Their story of bravery is now captured by the Standing with Giants installation for #DDay80 . Nurses Sisters Mollie Evershed and Dorothy 'Anyta' Field saved 75 men from sinking ship Hospital Carrier Amsterdam.

Hier, pour varier les plaisirs, promenade en secteur britannique 🇬🇧 :
à Pegasus Bridge (Bénouville), le pont pris par les Ox and Bucks du major Howard le 6 juin (6th Airborne).
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📍 Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Normandy.

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It's only a month to go now until this is released! Based on over 10 years of new research into airborne operations between D-Day and the end of the Battle of Normandy. Available to order on Amazon, Waterstones, and at Pen and Sword #DDay #WW2 #DDay 80 #Airborne

The 80th anniversary of D-Day is in 37 days.

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The RAF Typhoon Display Team have revealed the newly painted display aircraft for the 2024 display season RAF Coningsby.

The aircraft paint scheme includes features commemorating D-Day, with 2024 being the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion.

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Hier 6H pas de mots assez forts pour décrire mon émotion de recevoir ces photos de Virginie Durr, nos vétérans découvrant l’avion aux couleurs du #DDay80 #BattleOfNormandy qui les transportera vers notre #Normandie Elle sera partagée pour votre arrivée à l’ #AéroportDeauville

New scheme to mark DDay80 for the RAF display Typhoon.

Coming soon.
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This photograph was taken on board a landing craft that was only seconds away from touching down on Sword Beach.
Object courtesy of the The National Museum of the Royal Navy

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Coming soon BBC Two - #DDay80 We Were There

Another aerial photo from the airborne planning files. This one was taken on 12 June 1944 and shows a potential landing beach at Lannion in Brittany. You can see several lines of beach defences #DDay #brittany #bretagne #WW2 #DDay 80 #Airborne

It was an honour to illustrate D-Day veteran, Ken Cooke, who landed on Gold Beach with 7 Green Howards.

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A collection of extraordinary D-Day stories has been added to the D-Day 80 website.

From the Army officer who ‘saved D-Day’ to the only British medic on Omaha beach. 🌊

👉 Read them here: ow.ly/KbLn50Rofeo

Gracing the front page of the The Wall Street Journal with The D-Day Darlings and fabulous Alec Penstone ahead of #DDAY80 commemorations 🎖️💯

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Throughout the Normandy campaign, Allied commanders anticipated that German soldiers would surrender in large numbers, but this... rarely happened.

The exception over predicted rule.

Why? /1
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them.

Heads bowed in reverence, a staggering 1,475 giants now stand among the fields of the British Normandy Memorial.

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The 80th anniversary of D-Day is in 44 days.

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