My apologies

I owe you all an apology. I committed a most egregious sin. I let V.E. Day pass without making any mention of it on my blog. I am terribly sorry, I am thoroughly ashamed of myself.

For those of you who may not know V.E. Day is Victory in Europe Day, the day World War II in Europe came to an end.

To mark this occasion, which was in fact yesterday, the 8th of May, I want to share with you three quick little facts about the War in Europe.

1. The first Allied officers to land in France as part of Operation Overlord were in fact two glider pilots whose seats were thrown out of the glider upon impact with the ground. Both were rendered unconscious but fine.
2. The first Allied officer killed in the invasion of Europe was Lt. Den Brotheridge, a platoon leader in D Company, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, who was killed as part of an operation that secured two bridges in Normandy to prevent the Nazis from moving their tanks up to the beaches and gave the Allied forces a route off the beaches.
3. V.E. Day was not meant to be untill May 9th but the press could not keep a lid on the story and it was leaked. The Russians still celebrate V.E. Day on May 9th.