Share this Story : Petrou: D-Day — Grief, pain and pride 80 years later Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists Petrou: D-Day — Grief, pain and pride 80 years later Had the troops at Normandy been thrown back into the sea, delaying the arrival of Allied armies in western Europe, post-war Europe would have looked very different — dominated by the Soviet Union and inhospitable to freedom. Author of the article: Michael Petrou Published Jun 06, 2024 • Last updated 34 minutes ago • 6 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account.
This photo, taken on June 6, 1944, shows Canadian soldiers from 9th Brigade landing at Juno Beach in Bernieres-sur-Mer as Allied forces stormed Normandy beaches in north-western France on D-Day. Imperial War Museum. Photo by Imperial War Museum / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Article content In June 2019, on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings that began the Allied liberation of western Europe during the Second World War, Russell Kaye, a Canadian veteran of that attack, returned to the beach he had first encountered as a young man all those years ago.
“I didn’t want to go,” he said in a recent interview with the Canadian War Museum. “I really was trying to forget everything about the past, about the war. So many years I tried to forget about the whole thing, and then all of a sudden they want me to remember.
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