Crucial beach battles
Air power had a pivotal role in the Dunkirk evacuation and the D-Day invasion, the Luftwaffe failed to impose total air superiority over the Dunkirk beaches in June 1940, but total air supremacy over the Normandy Beaches in the surrounding area was a single prerequisite that insured the success of the Alied landing in June 1944.

Personal experiences of war
STORIES of Air Force personnel and their personal papers held in the private records collection of the Australian War Memorial have featured in two recent public talks by the Memorial’s Research Centre staff.

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