Warfare in News
Posted on Wednesday 23rd November
The Welsh war film Resistance premiered this week in Abergavenny, attended by HRH Prince Charles.
The film, which was shot in the Welsh Black Mountains, is based on the international best selling novel, Resistance, by Welsh author Owen Sheers, who attended the premiere.
The film, which is set in 1944 and describes an alternative history where D-Day has failed and Hitler has successfully invaded Britain, is released in the UK on Friday, 25 November.
The film, which was shot in the Welsh Black Mountains, is based on the international best selling novel, Resistance, by Welsh author Owen Sheers, who attended the premiere.
The film, which is set in 1944 and describes an alternative history where D-Day has failed and Hitler has successfully invaded Britain, is released in the UK on Friday, 25 November.
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D-Day & Normandy
(Commemorative magazine)by Rebecca Lawther
D-Day was the turning point of the Second World War and marked the Allies return to Europe.
Without D-Day, the Allies would not have been able to invade Europe and end the Nazi occupation. D-Day took place on 6 June 1944 when the British, American and Canadian forces landed at five beaches in Normandy. Despite the huge loss of life, the operation was a success and the Allies broke through the German… Read more...
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