MID NORFOLK RAILWAY 1940S WEEKEND
Mid Norfolk Railway stepped back in time to the 1940s. Hardingham Station was under Germany occupation and Yaxham Station welcomed home the troops from Dunkirk.
Tag: WWII
‘Carentan and Utah Beach’ Exploring the D-Day landing beaches, Normandy – Part 2
Day two of my tour of the Normandy D-Day landing beaches took me to the town of Carentan. An historically important place in the story of the liberation of Normandy, the Battle of Carentan took place between 7th and 13th June 1944. Carentan was heavily defended by the German 6th Parachute Regiment, the 101st Airborne…