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An interesting day yesterday exploring Gold, Juno & Sword Beaches, as well as starting to look at the fighting inland beyond D-Day, including visiting Ardenne Abbey to hear about the war crimes that took place here against the Canadian soldiers.
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Dakota flypast and parachute jump onto Drop Zone K near Sannerville.
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Absolutely lost for words. A truly incredible (possibly once in a lifetime) experience to witness this Dakota Airborne drop on such a scale and so close up as well. Great work to all at Daks Over Normandy.
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This fantastic object is a model of a BEE, made by Dr Louis Auzoux in c.1875, and - most incredibly - crafted entirely from PAPIER-MACHE.
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After a visit to the papier-mache workshop of the renowned craftsman Jean Francois Ameline in 1820, Auzoux began experimenting with the medium himself. At the the time, Auzoux was disappointed by the lack of real specimens to use for dissection and the study of anatomy. As necessity and frustration are so often the mother of invention and entrepreneurship, Auzoux began to craft his own models from papier-mache. The results were made of parts that could be easily removed and reassembled, and therefore used again and again. The intricate separate parts were even numbered to show which order they should be dissected in.
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Auzoux's technique proved to be so popular that by 1825 he had opened his own factory to manufacture these educational models on a larger scale. It expanded rapidly, and by 1828 was employing 100 workers.
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Another truly incredible spectacle today...Dakotas flying in formation over Pegasus Bridge. Very special indeed.
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Then and now..... British landing craft, US Army troops, and US Coast Guard LCI(L)s staged at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom prior to the Normandy invasion, June 1944.
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Just a few highlights from our WW2 related travels in 2018. Cannot wait to see what 2019 holds. Thanks for following our exploits so far and we hope everyone has a great new year!
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Finally got round to watching Peter Jackson’s film ‘They Shall Not Grow Old.’ Absolutely brilliant, loved every minute.
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