Today, June 6th, marks the 82nd anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day. On June 6, 1944, German soldiers defending the French coast at Normandy beheld an awe-inspiring sight—the largest amphibious invasion force in history massed in the English Channel. The long-awaited invasion of northwest Europe was underway.
The invasion took years to organize. Hundreds of thousands of men and millions of tons of equipment were transported to Great Britain. The invasion force included Americans, Britons, and Canadians, with additional troops from France and other Allied nations.
Earlier this year #FlatFranklin visited Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc to remember those brave soldiers who "have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity."
