06/06/2026
🇬🇧 D-Day – 6th June 1944 🇬🇧
Today marks the anniversary of the D-Day landings, one of the most significant operations of the Second World War.
While the landings on the beaches of Normandy are rightly remembered, the success of D-Day was built on months of planning, intelligence work and deception.
📅 The invasion was originally scheduled for 5th June 1944, but poor weather in the Channel forced a last-minute delay of 24 hours.
🎭 To mislead the Germans, the Allies created a fake army in south-east England, complete with inflatable tanks, dummy vehicles, wooden aircraft, fake camps and false radio traffic. The aim was to convince German commanders that the invasion would come at Calais rather than Normandy.
🇫🇷 At the same time, French Resistance fighters sabotaged railways and communications, disrupting German reinforcements and adding to the confusion.
☎️ The deception was so successful that many German commanders remained uncertain whether Normandy was the real invasion or merely a diversion, even after Allied troops had landed.
A remarkable military operation made possible by courage, planning and cooperation on an unprecedented scale.
Lest We Forget.🌹
