Let's go back to 68 Years Ago today.
War is like a game, but not so much fun to play, especially if you’re a young soldier walking on a thin line between life and death on the front line...
June 6, 1944. Normandy, France.
It’s the early morning of D-Day. Operation Overlord, the turning point of WWII, officially began with rounds of aerial bombardment. Following suit, on the Northern coast of France, allied troops, under the command of Dempsey and Montgomery, initiated a surprise landing on the beaches of Normandy. The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade received the call of duty. Objective: Juno Beach.
Brutality begins... A storm of machine gun bullets swept through, a wave of soldiers fell. More shells exploded, blasting human flesh into thin air. Half of our men in the first wave were lost in between the rounds of gun fires, lighting the Northern sky.
The second wave of landing initiated. Tanks advanced fearlessly to clear the paths, infantry followed, running and crawling to dodge bullets from afar. The troops moved in further, closer to the base of the seawall where the German batteries rooted atop... More explosions.
As you are familiar with the outcome of the story, Canadian army was the only division to reach the objective and had penetrated deeper into the German territory than any other on D-Day.
13,000 brave souls lived to tell the tale.
31-Million are living to tell the tale.
This is only one of them.
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