British troops landing at Arromanches, codenamed Gold Beach, June 16th 1944. Behind them is the Mulberry Harbour that helped to ensure enough supplies made it off the beaches and to the troops at the front.

British troops on French soil

82 yars ago, in 1940, Operation Dynamo began to extricate as many British troops as possible from Dunkirk, France.
The German Forces were about to capture or annihilate the fighting men of the UK there.

They will come back in due time

RAF Squadron No 71 pilots run to their Hawker Hurricane planes; Kirton in Lindsey, air base England; 17 March, 1941. These American volunteer  pilots are members of the RAF's first "Eagle" squadron.
 