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Yep, you're absolutely spot on. I was just taken aback a bit by that phrase. Good for him too.

"told he couldn't attend"? My goodness.

Some brilliant photos on this site http://www.anorak.co.uk/399510/news/flashback/d-day-june-6-1944-in-39-unforgettable-photos.html/ Worth bearing in mind too that a lot of the German soldiers were teenage boys. This POW was 16 years old. 16 years old FFS! A few more photos:

By all means point the finger at De Gaulle but the courage of the French Resistance shouldn't be underestimated. A lot of them (especially women) gave their lives for their country. A lot of them ended up at Auschwitz.

My favourite is 'In Which We Serve'. I love that film, properly love it.

Operation Mincemeat aka 'The Man Who Never Was' is a great example of that although I think that was for misinformation about the invasion of Italy.

209,000 Allied casualties. The figures are taken from the D-Day museum website. http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/d-day/d-day-and-the-battle-of-normandy-your-questions-answered#troops EDIT - apologies. 425,000 killed, MIA or wounded.

70 years ago tomorrow. Some of the statistics for the invasion are staggering: 156,000 troops crossed over on 6th June 1944 Troops from United Kingdom, Canada, US, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland. 11,590 aircraft were...