On the morning of June 6, 1944, 177 French marine commandos landed on Sword Beach, a beach in Normandy that was assigned to the Second British Army. This was the only French contingent to have landed - under the command of Lieutenant Commander Philippe Kieffer - on the Normandy coast on D-Day. Each soldier carried around thirty kilos of food and ammunition. These soldiers found themselves completely autonomous in hostile territory. The document pays tribute to the sacrifices made that day to liberate France.
