Newsletter: D-Day Anniversary

Aurélie Drouard
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on 05 June 2025
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🪖D-Day Anniversary🫡

This week, we’re commemorating the event that became a turning point in the Second World War history: D-Day, which took place 81 years ago, on June 6th 1944.

Did you know that in French, we don’t call D-Day “le Jour J” – as one could assume – but Le Débarquement, which means “The (Boat) Landing”.

Alors, sans plus attendre, let’s reflect with the related Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you!

Quote me on this!

French Resistant Lucie Aubrac (1912-2007)

Lucie Aubrac

Commemorate the heroes of World War II with this powerful quote by member of the French Resistance, Lucie Aubrac:

“Le mot résister doit toujours se conjuguer au présent.”

(The word resist must always be conjugated in the present tense.)

Words Words Words

D-Day Vocabulary – B1 Level

monument Les braves at omaha beach in normandy

Want to be able to talk about this decisive event from World War II?
Come and explore our D-Day vocabulary list and its interactive word game!

Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here’s an example for you to get inspired:

“Cet été, je vais en Normandie pour visiter les plages du Débarquement, où les Alliés ont débarqué le 6 juin 1944. Il est important de commémorer cette date, et d’écouter les vétérans pour ne jamais oublier les leçons de l’Histoire.”

À vous de jouer !

Let’s fill in some blanks!

D-Day Vocabulary – B1 Level

a veteran with a d-day remembrance flag

Now it’s time to put into practice your new knowledge of D-Day vocabulary with the following fill-in-the-blank exercise:

Le Débarquement

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Aurélie Drouard

Aurélie Drouard

Aurélie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007 to experience the “London lifestyle” - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since.  She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!

Posted on
05 June 2025 in French Newsletter