On the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, discover the role Australians played in Normandy as told by the Anzac Memorial's Senior Historian and Curator Brad Manera.
D-Day is a simple military term for the day of the commencement of an operation or exercise but for generations, since 6 June 1944, the word D-Day has evoked images of the Allied landings in Normandy intended to liberate Europe from four years of Nazi occupation. In 1944 most Australians were focused on the war in the Pacific but some 3,000 Australian service personnel fought in the Normandy campaign. Codenamed Operation Overlord, it was one of the largest and riskiest, certainly the most famous, amphibious operation in history.
Brad Manera has just returned from a visit to the Normandy beaches and his presentation will discuss the role played by Australians in an event that changed the course of world history and share case studies of a handful of Australians, who saw action in Operation Overlord.
The talk will begin at 11.30am in the Memorial's Auditorium on Lower Ground level. Entry is via Liverpool Street.
Places are limited.
Image: The British Memorial above Gold Beach for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
