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D-Day, June 6, 1944: Seventy Years Later

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Suzanne Loebl

Listening to the BBC radio was strictly illegal in Nazi-occupied Belgium. Still, within hours everyone in Brussels knew that the Allied Forces had finally debarked in Normandy on June 6th. We had been waiting for that day for more than four … Continue reading →

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Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Little Ships

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

For me, the first week of June 2012 was very emotional. First of all, there was The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Now in her mid-eighties, Elizabeth II has been a constant presence in my life. I admired her parents’—King George VI … Continue reading →

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