Today marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings on five beaches in Normandy by Allied forces, beginning the liberation of France and Northern Europe, and helping crush the Nazi war machine already being driven back to its own territory by the by the Soviet Red Army in the east.
Bayeux is in the heart of Normandy, a town with a rich history that currently is best known for its ties with World War II.
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings on five beaches in Normandy by Allied forces, beginning the liberation of France and Northern Europe, and helping crush the Nazi war machine already being driven back to its own territory by the by the Soviet Red Army in the east.
Bayeux is in the heart of Normandy, a town with a rich history that currently is best known for its ties with World War II.