Tag: Normandy

  • D-Day 80 Years Later

    Remembering D-Day: Its Impact on World War II and the Politics of the Allied Powers June 6, 1944, is a date etched in history as D-Day, the day when Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion ever seen. Over 156,000 troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations stormed the…

  • Remembering World War 2: Normandy Beach

    I remember in the eighth grade having to pick a book about a moment in history and creating a diaroma of the main idea. I worked for weeks reading The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. Then with my mom, 2 cans of  spray paint, a packet of 50 little army men and some sand, we…