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Spectacular exhibition of military parachuting on Poniente Beach in Benidorm

18 June 2017
Espectacular exhibición de paracaidismo militar en la Playa de Poniente de Benidorm

Thousands of people witnessed yesterday the recreation of the 'Normandy Landing' and today has recreated the military operation Avalanche-Salerno of 1943

A spectacular exhibition with a jump from the Air Force's 'Méndez Parada' Skydiving School and the recreation of the 1943 Avalanche-Salerno military operation during World War II were the highlights on Sunday morning, framed In the event 'Revive the history ... of cinema' that throughout the weekend has organized the Association Codex-Belix in collaboration with the City of Benidorm, the Ministry of Defense and the Subdelegation of the Government of Alicante. Previously there has been a floral offering in honor of the 'Fallen for Peace' in which veterans have participated.

After the exhibition, the mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez, and the president of the Poniente Neighbors Association, Christian Corriani, received a commemorative plaque of thanks from the President of Codex-Belix, Antonio Lalaguna, as organizer of the event, In an act also attended by the Councilor of Fiestas, Jesus Carrobles.

Codex-Belix has also presented plaques of recognition to all the entities and associations that have made possible the celebration of this event, which has lasted for three days in the Park of Elche and Poniente Beach in Benidorm and has brought thousands Of people in most organized events. From Friday and until today Sunday the event has turned Poniente into an authentic theme park in history, in this case the military history of World War II.

Multitudinous assistance to the recreation of the 'D day'

Thousands of people witnessed the recreation of the most decisive military operation in World War II: the legendary Allied Landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944, the well-known 'D-day', which began at Seven in the afternoon and in which more than 300 people participated. A tribute at the beginning of the end of World War II for whose recreation was used a boat of 12 meters of those that were used in the mentioned landing. In this staging, with cinematic style, did not lack special effects to endow the event with great realism.

Exhibitions of uniforms and miniatures, numerous recreations of war camps and hospitals, parades of old military vehicles, and even 40's style musical performances by 'The Red Velvets' and' Dr. Bogarde 'have completed the activities of an event that has transported attendees to the 40's and has shown them how it was one of the most famous episodes in recent history.