It's good to remember D-Day but I find people only remember D-Day and think it's all easy street on June 7th and after.
Um....huh?
People hear and see D-Day they think Allied troops landed successfully, mission accomplished.
The battle of D=Day continue for 2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days and didn't end until August 30th, 1944.
The allies lost over a quarter million troops, Nazi Germany as many as 530,000+
Loss in planes and tanks and guns and other military vehicles for both Allies and Nazi Germany are over 12,000.
Civilian losses as high as 50,000.
It's one of the most violent and brutal battle the Allies fought in the Europe Western front during the entire war, second only in brutality and violence and losses to the even more brutal and violent Italian campaign which began with the Allied landing in Sicily in 1943 and didn't end until May 8th, 1945.
There were so many battles during the battle of D-Day (or Battle of Normandy or Operation Overlord, whichever you prefer to call it) to name them all.
For example, after the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falaise_pocket#AftermathWho can't forget what General Eisenhower said:
WIKI The battlefield at Falaise was unquestionably one of the greatest "killing fields" of any of the war areas. Forty-eight hours after the closing of the gap I was conducted through it on foot, to encounter scenes that could be described only by Dante. It was literally possible to walk for hundreds of yards at a time, stepping on nothing but dead and decaying flesh.
Or the Battle for Hill 112 where the British losses suffered high losses. If one never heard of Hill 112, links:
https://www.battleofnormandytours.com/the-capture-of-caen-hill-112.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Jupiter_(1944)
One of the many heroes of Hill 112, who joined and was told being part of the Artillery, he will be safe miles behind the front line.
https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/albert-figg/https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/1940s-show-at-betteshanger-albert-figg-8214520http://www.thehill112.com/serviceshttps://menintheshed.com/tag/albert-figg/So it's okay to remember D-Day but let's not forget all those who gave their lives for the 84 days after D-Day.