Here, still, are the beaches where the soldiers came ashore with their code-names: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. Since the last major D-Day commemoration five years ago, the leaders of France, Britain and the United States have changed. In recent European elections, rightist and euroskeptic groups prevailed in Britain, Italy, France and Poland. Whatever the thoughts of the soldiers on the landing craft, some in the top brass had doubts. “I am very uneasy about the whole operation,” said Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, chief of Britain’s Imperial General Staff.

Source: bd News24 June 06, 2019 09:45 UTC