The Normandy Landings

The monumental event honored in the high-value airmail stamp is the Invasion of Normandy (Normandie) initiated on D-Day, June 6, 1944. This chapter of the series marks the critical return of French forces to metropolitan soil. It specifically celebrates the participation of the French 2nd Armored Division (2e DB), which landed at Utah Beach under Allied command later that summer. This unit went on to lead the vanguard assault that successfully liberated Paris, executing the strategic cross-country offensive that ultimately carried the flag from the deserts of Africa back to the heart of western Europe.