D-Day Landings revisited in stunning set of stamps marking 75th anniversary of day that changed the course of WW2
A SET of stamps is being issued to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, showing images of soldiers, aircraft and assault beaches.
The 11 stamps show key moments in the day that changed history, including British paras synchronising watches prior to take-off and commandos wading ashore on Juno beach.
The stamps will be on sale from June 6 – the day the momentous invasion took place.
D-Day was the start of operation “Overlord” – the Allied invasion of occupied Europe.
The largest seaborne invasion in history involved 156,000 Allied troops in the first day of the operation, with 4,413 dying on D-Day alone.
Richard Palusinski, chairman of the Spirit of Normandy Trust, said: “D-Day was one of the most significant events of the 20th century and had a massive impact on world history.
“It is fitting that those who participated in securing the freedom we now enjoy should be remembered by the issue of these excellent special stamps.”
Early on June 6, 1944, Allied airborne forces parachuted into drop zones across northern France, followed by ground troops who landed across the five targeted beaches.
These beaches were code-named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, and spread across a 50-mile stretch of northern Normandy.
Through these strategic landings, the Allies were able to get a foothold along the coast and advance into France for the first time since 1940.
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Allied forces consisted primarily of American, British and Canadian troops.
They also included Australian, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, New Zealand, Norwegian, Rhodesian and Polish naval, air or ground support.
The landings were followed by the 76-day Battle of Normandy, which saw a total of 210,000 Allied casualties.
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