On June 6, the world marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion that landed 156,000 troops in Normandy and began the liberation of Western Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. Two days after the invasion began, my grandfather Howard Weingrow and his crewmates flew a harrowing bomber mission to support Allied ground troops trying to push inland. They were tasked with destroying fuel for German tanks stored near Caen. It was an important part of the Allied effort to hinder counterattacks, since by June 8, “the...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 06, 2019 13:52 UTC