Artists Jaime Wardey and Andy Moss Remember Normandy For Peace One Day.

Peace One Day Remembers Normandy

To Celebrate Peace One Day British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss, accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch thousands of silhouettes of bodies representing those lost during D-day.

Peace One Day Remembers Normandy

The Fallen 9000

Peace One Day Remembers Normandy

remembering the fallen at NORMANDY

The objective of Peace One Day Remembers Normandy was to make a visual representation of 9000 people which equates the number of civilians, forces and allies that died during the D-day landings on the beaches of Normandy, June 6th during WWII as an example of what happens in the absence of peace.

Peace One Day Remembers Normandy

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D-day

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Titled The Fallen 9000, The original team consisted of 60 volunteers, but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with the temporary installation by the folks at Sand In Your Eye that lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide.

Peace One Day Remembers Normandy

Peace One Day Remembers Normandy

The airborne assault into Normandy, as part of the D-Day allied invasion of Europe, was the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, and other attached Allied units took part in the assault. Numbering more than 13,000 men, the paratroopers were flown from bases in southern England to the Cotentin Peninsula in approximately 925 C-47 airplanes. An additional 4,000 men, consisting of glider infantry with supporting weapons, medical, and signal units were to arrive in 500 gliders later on D-Day to reinforce the paratroopers. The parachute troops were assigned what was probably the most difficult task of the initial operation – a night jump behind enemy lines five hours before the coastal landings.

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The paratroopers were badly scattered. Many were injured and killed during the attack, and much of their equipment was lost, but the brave paratroopers fought fiercely, causing confusion among the German commanders and keeping the German’s troops occupied. Their efforts; hampered by harsh weather, darkness and disorganization, and initiative of resourceful Soldiers and leaders, ensured that the Utah Beach assault objectives were eventually accomplished.

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“On Peace Day we quietly and harmoniously drew 9000 people in the sand so that people can understand the loss with their own eyes. This was a quiet day with a very loud statement. The message of the Fallen is now traveling the globe, those people that lost their lives are no longer with us but on Peace Day 21st September 2013 they spoke.” – Jaime Wardley

Peace One Day Remembers Normandy

Peace One Day‘s objective is to institutionalise Peace Day 21 September, and create a more just, inclusive, sustainable and peaceful world. Throughout the years, millions of people have been active on Peace Day in every country of the world, and hundreds of organisations have carried out life-saving activities in areas of conflict. Learn more here

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