Tag Archives: Normandy

This week in the War, 26 June–2 July 1944: Liberation of Cherbourg

Posted on June 30, 2016 by secondbysecond

After fighting its way along Normandy’s Cotentin peninsular, this week in the war, on 26 June 1944, troops of the 9th Division of the American VII Corps arrived at the edge of the Cherbourg dockyard. Cherbourg had one of the … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 5–11 June 1944: D-Day—Allied invasion force lands in Normandy

Posted on June 6, 2016 by secondbysecond

On 6 June 1944, Field Marshal Rommel, the commander of the German forces on the Channel Coast (Army Group B), was at his home in southern Germany. It was his wife’s birthday. He had planned to travel on to Berchtesgaden to … Continue reading →

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Vignette: D-Day—seventy years after

Posted on June 6, 2014 by secondbysecond

Today is the seventieth anniversary of D-Day, of the 6 June 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy. ‘D-Day’—which is military slang for the starting day of any operation—has come to mean the D-Day, the greatest amphibious invasion in history. It will … Continue reading →

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Guest blog by Mark Stuart Ellison: Remembering a World War II Radio Man on Independence Day

Posted on July 7, 2012 by secondbysecond

Barbecues, fireworks, and beach parties are fine ways of celebrating July 4, but we should also remember the people who have put themselves in harm’s way to make possible the freedoms that Americans enjoy. My favorite way of commemorating America’s … Continue reading →

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