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The D-Day landings of 6thJune 1944 was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Along with the associated airborne operations, it marked the beginning of the liberation of France and western Europe.
In the early hours of D-Day, 24,000 paratroopers and glider-borne troops landed behind German lines to provide tactical support.
Massive naval and aerial bombardments attempted to supress the German defences and weaponry. Then a ground force of more than 130,000 troops came ashore on five beaches across a 50-mile stretch of Normandy coast, with the first waves often facing intact defences. By the end of D-Day there had been 10,000 allied casualties. Yet this was only the beginning. The ensuing Battle of Normandy was to last into August and cost tens of thousands of lives as it defeated and
repulsed the occupying German forces eastwards. It was a decisive success for the Allies and paved the way for the liberation of much of north-west Europe.
Therefore, I'm taking on the Royal British Legion Pedal Normandy Beaches 2024 not just because it’s the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, but to raise funds in providing the lifelong support that our Armed Forces Community needs and deserves today and every day, and to remember the comrades who never came home.
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