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Events have started to mark the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day

Posted by Karen on June 5, 2026, 4:03 pm

Eisenhower Monument Ceremony in Sainte-Mère-Église, France. Sainte-Mère-Église was the first town freed from Nazi occupation by elements of the U.S. Army’s 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions in the first hours of the Allied invasion of western Europe, during World War II.

Re: Events have started to mark the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day

Posted by Karen on June 5, 2026, 4:10 pm, in reply to "Events have started to mark the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day"

Two veterans attended the memorial service held at Colville-Montgomery near Sword Beach. Together they make 200 years of life.

https://www.forcesnews.com/d-day/its-our-duty-be-here-d-day-heroes-reflect-eve-82nd-anniversary-landings

Royals who took part in D-Day and the Normandy campaign

Posted by Hollie24 on June 5, 2026, 6:06 pm, in reply to "Events have started to mark the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day"

Prince Bernhard flew as a combat pilot and served as a commander with the Allies during the landings and in the weeks that followed. He also visited Dutch troops. Bernhard was in active service throughout the whole of WW2.

Hereditary Grand Duke Jean served with the Irish Guards and landed on Omaha Beach on June 11, five days after D-Day.He fought in Normandy during the Battle of Caen, helped lead the battle for the liberation of Brussels, and participated in Operation Market Garden. Jean was in active service from 1942 to the war's end in 1945.

Both Bernhard and Jean took part in the various commemorations for D-Day over the years until their respective deaths. Their generation is almost gone now.

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