Festive Friday celebrates D Day!

There are special celebrations happening today all over the world. In England, especially in the South and in Normandy, Northern France there are lots of veterans celebrating commemorative events.  Today celebrates the 70th anniversary for D Day. Every hour on BBC Radio 2 there is a clip read out about the events of D Day, all very emotive! There are many veterans that visit the beaches of Normandy annually in remembrance of the events that happened 70 years ago today. 

This picture was found on euronews.com 

For those of you who aren't history buffs D Day was the day that marked the end of World War II. WWII carried on for 6 years from September 1939-1945 that resulted in the creation of the United Nations. The celebrations of this anniversary have been momentous with The Queen and President Obama representing their countries amongst the hundreds Veterans lining the British Channel in memory of today. About 9,000 Germans lost their lives as over 156,000 troops from Britain, Canada and the USA arrived on Normandy's a Beaches. 

Photo from bbc.co.uk 

Yesterday the Red Arrow flew over the spinnaker tower in Portsmouth to commence the celebrations. They will also be doing other displays around the Solent over the weekend in rememberance of the many lives lost and the celebration of freedom and alliances gained over the memorable time in history.