D-Day 75th Anniversary

• How young we were: 75 years after Juno Beach, Canadian D-Day veterans remember the battle

  All told, there were 1,074 Canadian casualties on D-Day, including 359 dead. Over the past few months, Global News has interviewed many who are alive today.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2019
  
• Interactive: Explore D-Day sites as they appeared 75 years ago, and today

  See how D-Day landmarks looked 75 years ago, compared to today when a Global News crew visited as part of our extensive anniversary coverage.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2019
  
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• Normandy school renamed after New Brunswick D-Day hero

  Pte. Louis Valmont Roy was killed on the night of June 6, 1944 in the village of Anguerny, France. On June 7, 2019, a school in the village was renamed in his honour.

  Canada

  Jun 7, 2019
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• Peterborough marks 75th anniversary of D-Day

  The City of Peterborough also presented an award to veteran Denis Garrod who served on D-Day.

  Canada

  Jun 7, 2019
• 99-year-old Second World War veteran from Lethbridge attends D-Day ceremony

  Jack Fettig is a Second World War veteran who is just shy of his 100th birthday. He's been looking forward to attending the 75th D-Day anniversary ceremony in Lethbridge for some time.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
• Cross-party group of MPs call for housing stipend for veterans

  A motion from Ontario Liberal MP Neil Ellis asks his own government to create a subsidy to help veterans with housing.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2019
• Remembering D-Day: How Halifax became a city for last sights

  Operation Overlord, or D-Day, involved around 50,000 vehicles, 11,000 aircraft, 5,000 ships and 150,000 Allied troops. About 14,000 of those troops came from different communities across Canada.

  Features

  Jun 5, 2019
• A ‘perfect jump’: D-Day veteran, 97, parachutes into Normandy

  “I feel great. I’d go up and do it all again," Tom Rice said after the jump.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2019
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• Remembering D-Day: These brave Canadians saw the action

  Seventy-five years ago, these Canadians were there.

  Jun 3, 2019
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• NB veteran receives first $2 coin commemorating 75th anniversary of D-Day

  99-year-old Alphonse Vautour was the first Canadian to be handed the coin on Monday.

  Canada

  May 27, 2019