Monday, December 8, 2014

WW2 | 70 Years Later

Alfred Eisenstaedt's famed photo of nurse
Edith Shain and sailor celebrating VE Day. 
In 2014 there were many memorials to D-Day and to those who lost their lives in that year. The winter of 1944-45 was deadly in Holland as the Nazis diverted what food there was to their own troops. In 2015 the events will be more celebratory, as victory was achieved in Europe on V-E Day - May 8-9.

Here are two posts that look ahead to 2015:

RAF No. 10 Squadron to Celebrate Its 100th Anniversary in 2015

V-E Day May 7-8, 1945 - UN Remembrance Days

Here are my ten posts this past year that related to D-Day, the most recent ones first. If you have a comment on any of these, please post it or let me know - email me at  teppermarlin(a t)aol.com:

Monuments Unveiled to 14 Airmen (Laval, June 6)
Willem van Stockum’s Last Letter Home
Omaha Beach
Total Allied Deaths in France, World War II
Vaufleury Cemetery - Forgotten Graves in another part of the cemetery
Vaufleury Cemetery - Ceremonies, 2014
My Third Visit to My Uncle’s Grave
Memorial Visit to Normandy, Laval
70th Anniversary of “A Soldier’s Creed” 
10 It’s 70 Years After D-Day in Normandy June 6, 1944

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