Operation Overlord

Storm clouds of war Hailed the oppression of the Nazis Europe falling to German occupation Adolf Hitler building his master race Third Reich to last a thousand years. Concentration camps, mass killing of civilians People deemed through race, creed, and sexuality Considered not good enough to live Transported in trains, gassed with bodies burnt Men, women, and children. On D-Day allied troops Stormed beaches and cliffs of Normandy Freeing Europe with blood and lives Making the world whole again Defeating scourge of the Nazis. Good that day defied evil Thousands of allied troops dying With bridgehead established And march to Berlin begun Ending with Hitler's death in his bunker. Europe free from Nazi domination Because of the sacrifices made Storming beaches and cliffs of Normandy And they shall never be forgot Soldiers, sailors and airmail, who fell on D-Day.