2019 $1 D-Day 75th Anniversary PNC

This stamp and coin cover commemorates the 75th anniversary of “D-Day”, the beginning of the Allied incursion into Nazi-occupied France to liberate northwestern Europe from German control. This massive air, naval and land operation began in the early hours of 6 June 1944, with tens of thousands of troops coming ashore on the coast of Normandy and paratroopers coming in from above. Australians played a limited part in the Normandy landings, as our troops were occupied with fighting Japan in the south-west Pacific.