The Royal Canadian Mint has launched (27th May) new commemorative $2 coins which are a salute to the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, which was, for all intents and purposes, the beginning of the end of the fighting in Europe during the Second World War. The meticulously planned offensive included Allied forces from the United States, Great Britain, ANZAC, and Canadian forces, as well as soldiers of occupied countries from France, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Norway
