D-Day Battle Tours

30/05/2024

See you all om Sunday! 🙂

27/04/2024

80 years ago

The tragedy that was Exercise Tiger, the rehearsals at Slapton, Devon for the D-Day landing on Utah Beach in Normandy in 1944....

05/10/2023

'Masters of the Air' is the third installment, alongside “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific," of the Spielberg and Hanks-led World War II trilogy.

04/10/2023

Pour la première fois, le Mémorial de Caen a confié deux jeeps de la Seconde Guerre mondiale à des lycéens professionnels normands. L'une d'elle, restaurée par les élèves du lycée Sauxmarais de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, vient de rejoindre les collections du musée.

27/09/2023

06/09/2023

New addition Airborne Museum opening in 2024.

In order to mark a memorable milestone the coincidence of the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of the museum with the 80th anniversary of the D-Day, the Airborne Museum has made plans of great magnitude, with a new renovation-extension project. The museum will quite literally completely change f...

30/07/2023

Catherine Dior (sister of Christian Dior) was born in 1917 in Granville. In 1941, she joined a resistance network to gather information on German troops and armaments.

She was arrested in July in Paris by the Gestapo, and was tortured for several days, without speaking.

Sent to Ravensbruck, with 1654 men and 543 women. She received the number 57813.

She was liberated in 1945 so physically changed her family had difficulty recognizing her .

In 1947 Christian Dior created his “ Miss Dior” for his sister.

She was awarded several medals of honour for her acts in the Resistance, most notably the Croix de Guerre, the King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, and the Legion of Honour.

26/07/2023

15/07/2023

WW2 buildings that were home to the legendary Pathfinder Force and include a dance hall visited by Glenn Miller are up for sale.

10/07/2023

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It’s the British Formula One race this weekend. Did you know Silverstone race track use to be RAF Silverstone. It was used for training Vickers Wellington Bomber crews.

04/07/2023

06/06/2023

06-06-1944. 06-06-2023 79th Anniversary today

02/06/2023

02/06/2023

Normandy, France, is a major destination for tourists fascinated by the events of D-Day. Here's a look at 12 of the outstanding D-Day sites every visitor should see.

30/05/2023

The family of 1LT Lawrence Craig, killed in action shortly after D-Day, participate in a ceremony to correct his headstone …

13/04/2023

Happy 102nd birthday to former British secret agent Phyllis Latour Doyle, who at age 23 parachuted into occupied Normandy in May 1944 to gather intelligence on N**i positions in preparation for D-Day. To read the story of this heroic spy -- who hid her codes in knitting to avoid detection by the N**is as she toured Normandy by bicycle under the guise of selling soap -- visit https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=25020

For several excellent books about real-life female spies for adult readers, we recommend "The Nine" https://www.amightygirl.com/the-nine), "The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hi**er's Ghettos" (https://www.amightygirl.com/light-days), "D-Day Girls" (https://www.amightygirl.com/d-day-girls), and “The Princess Spy” (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-princess-spy)

For adults who love to read about heroic women of WWII, you can find more of the best fiction and non-fiction books in our blog post, "Telling Her Story: 40 Books for Adult Readers About Women Heroes of WWII," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=24501

For a fascinating book about both famous and little known women heroes of WWII for both teens and adults, ages 12 and up, we highly recommend "Women Heroes of World War II: 32 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue," for teens and adults, at https://www.amightygirl.com/women-heroes-of-world-war-ii

For books for children and teens about girls and women involved in WWII resistance movements, we recommend "Irena's Jars of Secrets" for ages 6 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/irena-s-jars-of-secrets), "Jars of Hope" for ages 7 to 10 (https://www.amightygirl.com/jars-of-hope), "Making Bombs for Hi**er" for ages 10 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/making-bombs-for-hitler), "Resistance" for ages 12 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/resistance), and "In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer" for ages 14 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/in-my-hands)

13/04/2023

In 1939, at the age of 17, Geraldine Hardman found her dream job.

22/02/2023

We are thrilled to announce that the USS LST 325 will be making it's return to Dubuque this year! The last operational USS LST from WWII in the United States, the USS LST 325, will be returning to Dubuque September 2023. Public tours will be available. Following its first visit in August of 2018, the ship saw 16,620 visitors. More details on its stop in Dubuque will be released at a later date. Learn more at traveldubuque.com/usslst

17/02/2023

To honor the long ignored worth of the 6888 has been the greatest privilege of my career thus far.


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12/02/2023

The RAF pilot-turned-children’s-author starred a gremlin in his first book.

12/12/2022

13/09/2022

🇫🇷WWII uncovered: Josephine Baker and the French Resistance

"Iconic entertainer of the Jazz Age, Josephine Baker responded to the start of World War II by becoming a spy for the French Resistance. Known as the “Creole Goddess” of France, Baker used her celebrity to gain access to high-ranking Axis officials."

"Born in St. Louis Missouri, Josephine relocated to Paris at the age of 19 to pursue her career as a stage performer. Over time, Josephine became the most successful entertainer in France, transforming from a dancer into a film star and opera singer."

"After the war, she was awarded the Croix de guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle. Baker once said: "I have two loves, my country and Paris." (National World War II Museum)

Josephine passed quietly in her sleep on April 12th, 1975. She was 68 years old. Josephine Baker is the only American-born woman to receive full French military honors at her funeral. Baker's funeral was the occasion of a huge procession as she was interred at Monaco's Cimetière de Monaco.

"On 30 November 2021 Josephine Baker received the highest postmortem recognition in France, to be interred at the Panthéon. The placement is symbolic since Baker is buried in Monaco, where she will remain as her family has requested. However, the ceremony included placing a coffin containing handfuls of soil from four places she lived during her life in a tomb reserved for her in the Pantheon's crypt. A well-deserved honor and historical event as Miss Baker is the first black woman to lie symbolically in rest at the Pantheon. Lest We Forget.



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