Prince Albert vets remember D-Day 75 years later
It was on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in France to open the way to Germany. More than 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches, beginning the push into mainland Europe and signalling the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.
Victory in the days that followed, which lead to the success of the Normandy campaign, came at a horrific price. Although the D-Day invasion force was primarily American and British, thousands of Canadians participated, most notably at Juno Beach. Canadian troops suffered the most casualties out of any division in the entirety of the British Army Group.
June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.