06-05-2019, 03:58 PM
** 05-Jun-2019 WW II veterans at commemoration of Normandy invasion
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Today the west is commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day,
where a convoy of ships carried 156,000 American, British
and Canadian troops across the English Channel, many of whom
were to face certain death upon landing on the Normandy beaches
of northern France, on June 6, 1944.
Hundreds of surviving veterans are attending the commemorations.
However, among the political leaders giving speeches at the
commemoration, only one was an actual veteran of World War II:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of King George VI,
who had served in the war as an auto mechanic.
---- Sources:
-- World leaders gather in UK for start of 75th D-Day commemorations
https://www.france24.com/en/20190605-uk-...p-veterans
(France24, 5-Jun-2019)
---- Related:
** Wartime entertainer Vera Lynn returns to pop music charts in UK
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e090901
Today the west is commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day,
where a convoy of ships carried 156,000 American, British
and Canadian troops across the English Channel, many of whom
were to face certain death upon landing on the Normandy beaches
of northern France, on June 6, 1944.
Hundreds of surviving veterans are attending the commemorations.
However, among the political leaders giving speeches at the
commemoration, only one was an actual veteran of World War II:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of King George VI,
who had served in the war as an auto mechanic.
---- Sources:
-- World leaders gather in UK for start of 75th D-Day commemorations
https://www.france24.com/en/20190605-uk-...p-veterans
(France24, 5-Jun-2019)
---- Related:
** Wartime entertainer Vera Lynn returns to pop music charts in UK
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e090901
