JUNE 6– IT WAS 81 YEARS AGO TODAY THE MEN LANDED
THE INVASION BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THE MORNING OF 6 JUNE WITH EXTENSIVE AERIAL AND NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AS WELL AS AN AIRBORNE ASSAULT—THE LANDING OF 24,000 AMERICAN, BRITISH, AND CANADIAN AIRBORNE TROOPS. THE EARLY MORNING AERIAL ASSAULT WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY ALLIED AMPHIBIOUS … Continue reading