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...
Thomas Russell Bowman was born in 1893 in Wainara, Canterbury, New Zealand, the second of the three children of Thomas Bowman (1864-1895) and Annie Bowman née Carson (c.1870-1952). His two siblings...
Born Marylebone. Died Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, his country seat.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force, GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, President of the Bomber Command Association. Born London. He died, aged 92 years, on 24 October 2015 in Fakenham, Norfolk, according to his obi...
Politician and civil administrator. Born in Calcutta. The elder brother of Quintin Hogg. He changed his surname to Mcgarel-Hogg when he inherited his brother-in-law's estates. Served in the Life Gu...
From their website: "Established in its present form in 1998, Cazenove Architects is an award winning team of architects and designers based in East London.".
Pan Am 103 flying Heathrow to New York's JFK was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 were killed: 243 passengers, 16 crew, 11 on the ground.
Born into a wealthy merchant family and admitted as a child to the Guild of Fishmongers. His will provided for almshouses to be built in the parish of Christchurch, Blackfrars, for poor, single men...
Coaching Inn. It's origin is uncertain, but in the 15th century it was owned by the Poynings family and was known as the Crossed Keys or Crowned Keys. It may have been renamed in honour of Queen El...
This town is the birthplace of Shyamji Krishna Varma, who founded India House.
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