My trip to France.

[DanCanovas]

hi folks, just got back from my trip to France. Had a great time, visted the beaches of D-Day, Pegasus Bridge, Carentan, St Mere Eglise, Caen, La Redoutable in Cherbourg, Lorient, St Nazaire. Its getting late now so i'll post some of my many fantastic pictures tomorrow. :up:

[robbo180265]

Something I've always wanted to do myself.

Can't wait to see the photo's:up:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Look forward to the pics:up:

RDP

[Rose]

That's awesome Dan! I went back in '04 in June just after the 60th anniversary commemoration. It really was like stepping back into 1944 -- not much has changed in the small hamlets and villages (though Caen and Carentan both look fairly modern. Bombing I'm assuming). Did you find anything of interest in Carentan? We stopped in the town to check things out/have lunch and we discovered a modern town/city -- kind of ugly. Maybe we were just on the outskirts? Did you visit the memorial at Caen? Did you also see the Bayeux Tapestry while you were there? How about the little museum in Ste. Mere Eglise? I remember going to Pegasus Bridge -- they replaced the original in 1993 but it sits in a nearby field. It's really amazing to look at the bullet holes and damage done. We also visited Cafe Gondree near Pegasus Bridge, which, stories say, was the first building liberated by the Allies on June 6. We met the owner, who was actually living in the building on June 6, 1944! Did you go there as well? Anyway, I am itching with anticipation! Can't wait to hear all about it.

[HunterICX]

Ah, Great dancovas!

I've been in Normandy myself lots of times on vacation..

been to many monuments, bunkers , beaches, musuems and graveyards
really France contains a lot of WW2 history.
great country.

I've also been to a French village , where the SS squad took revenge of a Rebelion action by exterminate the whole village . the remains are still there untouched. really a sad place to be.

I've a lot of good memories of france beeing on Campings

:up:

[UglyMowgli]

I've also been to a French village , where the SS squad took revenge of a Rebelion action by exterminate the whole village . the remains are still there untouched. really a sad place to be.
:up:

Oradour sur Glane, the SS burn live most of the villager in the church , they were only few survivors (3 or 4) who escape the flames and the shoots from the soldiers.
The SS did a mistake and attack the wrong village, there were no reistants in this village.

http://oradoursurglane.free.fr/index2.htm

[HunterICX]

Yeh,

I knew that the village had no part in the Resistancé, but they got the beating anyhow.

really It discusted me that they locked everyone up in a church. set it on fire...and the people inside tried to threw their children out of the window so they would escpape the horror..but that failed.

like I said before..its a sad place when you wandred through it.
its very nice that they kept the place like it was...it really pictures the horrors of war.

[UglyMowgli]

I think each country have it s Oradour village, eastern country like russia have many more

[CCIP]

I think each country have it s Oradour village, eastern country like russia have many more
Yes, I passed one of these in the Porkhov region in Russia. Very sad :(
(though unlike Oradour, there is hardly anything left standing of it)

[Jimbuna]

Yes sir.....mans inhumanity toward his fellow man :nope:

looking forward to seeing the pics Dan :up:

[DanCanovas]

ok here goes. sorry if they're too big, no idea how to compress them.

forward torpedo compartment on La Redoubtable SSBN in Cherbourg.

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3963/dsc00341fj2.jpg

side view of La Redoubtable.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8674/dsc00342sx2.jpg

me next to La Redoubtable.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2324/dsc00343xd1.jpg

French sub found round the back of U-boat pens at Lorient.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1916/dsc00344fp3.jpg

inside a pen at Lorient

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8670/dsc00345gk4.jpg

[Skybird]

Who is that strange looking guy on the third one, he is really ruining the shot, isn't he...? :huh:

:-j

[DanCanovas]

torpedoes at submarine base at Lorient.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2851/dsc00346hd0.jpg

u-boat pens at Lorient

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4034/dsc00348vp3.jpg

me next to original pegasus bridge

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5836/s4010015do6.jpg


American cemetary at Omaha Beach

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6439/s4010022oh5.jpg

[DanCanovas]

me and friends at Carentanhttp://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5702/s4010025pz0.jpg

friends and I at St Mere Eglise

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3781/s4010031im4.jpg

Church at St Mere Eglise

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/4204/s4010032rx4.jpg

forward shot of La Redoubtable

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3318/s4010034jv5.jpg



I have more submarine ones but its getting late and I need to sort through them. Including shots of the base at St Nazaire.

[DanCanovas]

Who is that strange looking guy on the third one, he is really ruining the shot, isn't he...? :huh:

:-j


I think he was the captain! :p

[TteFAboB]

Is that a paratrooper on the Church? :rotfl:

[bigboywooly]

Did you only take the one T shirt
:rotfl:

Nice pics BTW :up:

[lesrae]

Nice pics mate, loving the whole Call of Duty/Silent Hunter holiday theme :D

I'm over at the dockyard in Brest working next weekend, I'll take my camera but I don't imagine they're too hot of you taking photos inside the base.

[robbo180265]

Fantastic photo's Dan, thanks for sharing them:up:

[HunterICX]

Is that a paratrooper on the Church? :rotfl:

:up: Yep, I've seen that one myself when I was there.

its one of the few survivors of the slaughter that happend there.

@Dancovas: Nice shots mate!

[Jimbuna]

Great pics Dan :rock: :up: Looking forward to the rest :yep:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice pics:up:

RDP

[DanCanovas]

no probs, hope you guys enjoyed them. :up:

[Rose]

I'll post mine as well if I can find them and if they're worth it.