Hundreds of Calgarians 'bow in prayer' as huge D-Day assault happens: An unforgettable day in historical past

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On June 6, 1944, the best mixed navy pressure ever assembled launched the D–Day invasion on the seashores of Normandy, France, in the course of the Second World Warfare. Allied troopers scrambled ashore as planes attacked German positions, and paratroopers secured a maintain additional inland. Complete casualties of the D–Day invasion have been estimated at 10,000 useless or wounded. These had been the Calgary Herald entrance pages on June 6 and June 7, 1944.

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In 1969, on the twenty fifth anniversary of D-Day, the Herald’s journal revealed a collection of particular pages commemorating the occasion.

On the fiftieth anniversary of D-Day, the Calgary Herald revealed this opinion piece.

The Nationwide Submit pages within the Calgary Herald, and in Postmedia papers throughout Canada, honoured veterans and their sacrifices on the seventy fifth anniversary of D-Day in 2019.

The next items from Calgary author Chris Nelson, wanting again at D-Day, had been revealed in 2020.