In 1945, the Allies were ready with a daring amphibious operation to liberate Jersey and Guernsey by force

ORTONA, ITALY 20-27 DECEMBER 1943

Saff spends two days riding around the Normandy coast relishing the freedom to do so

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The recent celebrations of VE Day may have been a time of memories of the end of World War Two for many but there was one large group of people who may have had their hopes of what VE Day meant dashed