OPERATION OVERLORD D-DAY INVASION

JUNE

THE LARGEST INVASION IN BOTH WORLD WARS

BIGGER GERMAN ARMY WAITING FOR CROSSING AT A PLACE CALLED CALAIS

ALLIES CROSSED AT NORMANDY INSTEAD 200KM AWAY

DIEPPE RAID TAUGHT US TO AVOID PORTS

WE RAN FUEL FOR TANKS AND TRUCKS UNDER THE WATER IN PIPES

BRUTAL BATTLE; TOUGH ATTACK ACROSS THE BEACH

CANADIANS ASSIGNED TO JUNO BEACH

HEAVY CASUALTIES BUT BEACHEAD SECURED

PUSH INTO EUROPE HAD BEGUN

CANADIANS GIVEN TASK TO CLEAR GERMAN FORCE FROM FRANCE, BELGIUM AND HOLLAND A SLOW TEDIOUS PROCESS

FIGHTING WENT STREET TO STREET AND IN MANY CASES HOUSE TO HOUSE

HOLLAND WAS LIBERATED BY US EVEN TO THIS DAY WE AS CANADIANS ARE VERY WARMLY RECEIVED IN THAT COUNTRY

V-E DAY – VICTORY IN EUROPE MAY 8, 1945 DEATH OF HITLER TO FOLLOW