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The statistics are incredible. On 6 June 1944, 133,000 allied troops landed on the wide, sandy beaches of Normandy, attempting to establish a beachhead from which Britain and its allies could punch their way into mainland Europe and take teh fight to Hitler.
Some 7000 ships transported them there, with 195,000 crew on those boats and British battleships pounding the shoreline defences in preparation for the landings. Against all odds, a beachhead was created, but the price paid was incredibly high, with the operation resulting in 10,300 allied casualties.
Now, eight decades on, we are commemorating and celebrating the bravery and sacrifice of those lost souls, and it is the emotion of that act that makes Normandy such a special place to visit, beyond its
