Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
On the 75th anniversary of D-Day I wanted to pen a tribute to the 10,000+ Allied casualties who lost their lives during the Normandy invasion, on June 6th 1944. Codename Operation Neptune, a massed incursion aiming at securing an Allied foothold on Western France. This offensive ultimately securing an area which by the end of... Continue Reading →
On this Day in 1938 the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was lauded for bringing ‘peace to Europe’, after he announced he’d signed a non-aggression pact with Germany. He had just returned to the UK after a conference in Munich, where the subject of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland was discussed with Germany, France and Italy. It was... Continue Reading →