The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
Faces of the Second World War
Trooper Julius Lustofsky and Handicrofts Officer May Beasley of the Canadian Red Cross making Christmas decorations at No.18 Canadian General Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.), Colchester, England, 15 December 1944.
1923 The Canadian Air Force motto "Sic Itur ad Astra" is replaced by the Royal Air Force motto "Per Ardua ad Astra" ("Through Adversity to the Stars").
