D-DAY IS HERE! I am sending this dispatch to you from a beach in France, the first time I have set foot here since the British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from Dunkirk and Cherbourg four long years ago. We left the South Coast of England in the small hours, surrounded by a vast fleet of ships. This was the long-awaited attack on the _ western front_ which had been prepared for many months, with equipment stored in readiness in fields and depots in the East and South of England. But where were we going? The Pas de Calais? The coast of Holland and Belgium? Only as we landed after an uncomfortable sea journey was it evident that we were in Normandy. From my vantage point above the beach I can see hundreds of ships still disgorging troops and equipment, and I can hear distant explosions as Royal Navy ships and RAF aircraft bombard German defences inland. This beach is only one of a number already in the hands of the forces of the British Empire. Other beaches are under assault by the American armed forces. Surely the enemy cannot withstand this onslaught of the full might of the allied forces, and we will soon go on to Berlin and victory. The Oxford Diecast Headlines We Landed in France made of Diecast Metal/Mazak is Number SC001 in the range.
