I thought that when I arrived at the train station there would be loads of celebrations going on but it seems that most of those celebrations are happening elsewhere as you say near the beaches and on the coastline. The fighting was really brutal here it was really really tough con got absolutely smashed to pieces not necessarily by the access forces the Allies actually were responsible for a lot of the damage that occurred here. In light of recent events in Ukraine let's just hope that the context of D-Day helps to push things in the right direction what was I going to say so yeah?
Friday 6 June this year was the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. My Grandad Dennis was one of the soldiers who landed on the beach that day. Along with thousands of other men he risked his life to fight the Nazis in the 2nd World War. Many of his fellow soldiers did not survive. Last Friday I went to Caen in Northern France to take part in the D-Day commemorations and to see my comedy hero Eddie Izzard performing stand-up in 3 languages. I recorded a podcast during my trip, and some unexpected things happened! Listen to the episode to join me on my adventure.
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