Europe’s Summer of Memories
- September 3rd, 2014
- Posted by EU Australia
This not very golden Summer – occasionally cold, with rain belts across Northern Europe at least—was a season of memory, of wars past.
The anniversary of the D Day landings in Normandy, 6.6.44, and the associated battles, has seen several commemorations over the decades, though with each milestone it becomes more significant as the number of eyewitnesses diminishes.
Going back further, the forbidding days of late Summer 1914 had to be recalled, leading up to the fateful day, 28.7.14, the commencement of a series of declarations of hostilities that started the First World War. … Read More »
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