THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the viewpoint in Port-en-Bessin, the site of a daring raid following D-Day.

D-Day and the liberation of Europe was a momentous task consuming the energies of millions. The tens of thousands of combat ...

After D-Day, it would take almost another year of fierce fighting before Germany would finally surrender on May 8, 1945.