A town is preparing to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings of the second world war. On Thursday, June 6, it will be 80 years since the infamous events of D-Day, which is hailed as one of the most significant events in modern history, signaling the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. On that fateful day in 1944 allied forces crossed the English Channel in a full scale invasion of Normandy, France, providing them with a crucial foothold in western Europe and in turn opening another major front against Hilter’s forces. Following intense and grueling battles, the establishment of a …
