fascism, dictatorship that played out on the beaches that you can see the. such a calm sea now it's hard to imagine what a hell on earth it must�*ve been 80 years ago. when the troops landed and —— in such huge numbers. the biggest amphibious landing in military history. 156,000 allied troops landing on the beaches with 20,000 vehicles facing a hail of bullets, artillery, aircraft fire but overcoming it all and gaining a foothold into nazi occupied europe. that is what is being remembered here with these various commemorative events laid on by the