Normandy
My uncle was affable, charming and well-read. But the losses at Normandy tormented him.
‘For years, he kept records of platoon members he knew had survived the war. When the new phone book came out, he would check to see if they were still alive. But he never contacted them.’
Why Canada’s casualties were so high in Normandy
The Normandy campaign, from D-Day until late August 1944, saw almost 5,000 Canadian soldiers perish. But that offensive, launched 75 years ago, jumpstarted the liberation of Western Europe.
D-Day in words
Video of the Prime Minister speaking today in Normandy is here.