D-DAY HERO STORIES

This episode of Big Blend Radio features award-winning military historian and author Mike Guardia, who shares two hero stories from D-Day.

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The Normandy landing opera�ons and associated airborne opera�ons on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, was the Allied invasion of Normandy in Opera�on Overlord during World War II.

Code-named Opera�on Neptune and o�en referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The opera�on began the libera�on of France (and later Western Europe) and laid the founda�ons of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Along with many other military history books, Mike is the author of the widely acclaimed biography “Hal Moore: A Soldier Once…and Always,” that chronicles the life of LTG Harold G. Moore, whose ba�lefield leadership was popularized by the film

“We Were Soldiers,” starring Mel Gibson. His latest book is, “The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Front lines of World War II.”

This book features a collec�on of eighteen true stories from veterans who served on the front lines in World War II...on land, on sea, and in the air. More: h�ps://mikeguardia.com/

Mike Guardia appears on Big Blend Radio's military history shows every 1st Monday. Follow his podcast on Acast.com.