
‘Bugger of a fight’: Historians question criticism of Canada’s Normandy battles
OTTAWA — D-Day: the letter stands for nothing, but the term itself represents a great deal more.
It conjures indelible images of landing craft speeding towards the beaches of Normandy. Of ramps lowering and soldiers being mowed down by withering German machine-gun fire. Of troops pressing forward in the face of certain death and driving the Nazis from the beaches.
Of freedom and democracy prevailing — eventually — over tyranny and evil.