21 C47s and Dakotas in formation dropping troops onto Drop Zone ‘K’, Sannerville, Normandy on June 6, 2019. Photo by Andrew King, courtesy of Jet Art Aviation Ltd.#dday75 #ddaysquadron […]
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New CANSOFCOM Dress Uniform Seen During D-Day Commemorations – D-Day 75
Canada and the United States not only share the longest unfortified border in the world, but military relations between the countries are longstanding, well-entrenched and extensive as well. The closeness of the partnership also provides both countries with greater security than could be achieved individually. During the Second World War the two countries even formed […]
Female Special Operations Agents Who Helped Make D-Day Succeed – D-Day 75
Among the 39 female agents who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII, these three deserve special mention. In a recent article for “Business Insider”, author Sarah Rose provides an extract from her new book, “D-Day Girls: THE SPIES WHO ARMED THE RESISTANCE, SABOTAGED THE NAZIS, AND HELPED WIN WORLD WAR II.” https://www.businessinsider.com/3-wwii-female-spies-who-made-d-day-a-victory-2019-5 […]
Army Rolls Out New AGSU For D-Day Anniversary – D-Day 75
Wear-testing is underway at the present time, and final design details are still being worked out prior to its the full roll-out next summer. However, the US Army made sure that prototypes of the new Army Green Service Uniform were issued to VIPs in time for the D-Day 75th Anniversary events. All of the current […]
How British-Canadian spy Sonya d’Artois helped pave the way for the Normandy invasion – D-Day 75
At the age of 20, this woman parachuted into France nine days before the Allied advance and helped sabotage German war efforts. Her code name was Agent Blanche, she was one of 3,000 secret warrior women of Britain’s Special Operations Executive. […]
Sunday Snapshot – D-Day 75
‘Pegasus Bridge’ – 9 June 1944 Vehicles including a Royal Signals jeep and trailer and RASC Leyland lorry on the Pont de Bénouville over the Caen Canal at Bénouville, Calvados. The signallers are fixing telephone lines across the bridge. At 00:16 hrs on the 6th June, the British 6th Airborne Division consisting of ‘D’ Company of […]
Saturday Night At The Movies
“The 3 most realistic firefights ever filmed by Hollywood” https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-culture/most-realistic-firefights-hollywood Band of Brothers (2001) – D-Day Jump Scene […]
Saturday Snapshot – D-Day 75
During the ‘Dakotas Over Duxford’ event in June 2019, reenactors recreate a possible scene from June 1944 as the British Airborne Forces prepare for the upcoming invasion of Normandy, France. Photo by Andy Biglin. […]
Friday Foto – D-Day 75
Commemorative Air Force C-47 ‘That’s All, Bother’ at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford on May 3, 2019. ‘That’s All, Brother’ was due to be scrapped before being saved and restored especially for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. What makes this aircraft particularly special is that it was the lead aircraft for the D-Day paratroop drops! […]
D-Day 75 – The WWII Airborne Demonstration Team
Commemorating D-Day – The WWII Airborne Demonstration Team UPDATE—We’ve been offered an amazing last-minute opportunity to sponsor a chase plane that will afford us the ability to capture photo and video footage of both the Cross-Channel flight and our jump into Normandy. We are privileged to be joining in collaboration with the Commemorative Air Force […]