Driving to find a match for our postcard of an old market hall we passed a small, poignant memorial. There is no trace of the market hall Cerisy-la-Salle but the tribute to seven airmen on the corner of Rue du Pont Sec and l’Auney ensures they will never be forgotten. The mission Twenty
Tag: liberation 1944
A family remembers liberation; Sainte-Mère-Église, 1944
When Hollywood met Normandy, on Sword Beach, 1944
There is a famous black and white film, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck with the best intentions of exposing the horror and bravery of war. He had determined to make a revolutionary, realistic movie to parade before audiences who were just boys and girls during WW2. The film would be about 6 June 1944, it
Where is Colbert Marie? The Caen prison massacre of 6 June 1944
First published 2016/05/14 We discovered this moment in Caen WW2 history reading the marvelous magazine Patrimone Normand ‘Normandy Heritage’ who have very kindly allowed us to use some of their photographs. Caen in the spring of 1944 One spring evening in 1944 Colbert Marie, age 17, left his boxing club with friends the
A photographic record of the storm of iron & fire; Le Havre 1944
We found this emotional set of images, showing Le Havre before and after the bombing of 1944, tucked in amongst some ordinary vintage postcards at the Foire des Andaines. The photos have been carefully composed by someone who thought we should not forget, and they tell the story of Operation Astonia in ways