6th of June 1944 ''D-Day''

[HunterICX]

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To all the Allied Nations who challenged the Atlantic wall and fought to liberate Europe by defeating the Nazi Regime.

And also to all who have fallen that day on both sides.
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May we never forget.

HunterICX

[Gerald]

No never, :salute:

[BossMark]

I salute them all :salute:

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

:salute:

[papa_smurf]

Lets also not forget the ingenuity and deception by so many to make the landings possible:salute:

[Hottentot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XILW5Hand7g :D
(Don't mind the Finnish in the beginning, you'll understand soon enough).

[Alex]

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May we never forget.

I'm not against the remembering of such great events.

But FFS, what's the purpose of looking backward EVERY SINGLE YEAR at the same date ? :o
Don't we hear about war enough at tv every single day actually ? Or is it just to legitimize what's being done these days in the Mediterranean/Middle East ?

Looks like it's fashionable nowadays to play the sheep toeing the all hail the US line. I'd not do that even if I got paid to do so !

[Torplexed]

Looks like it's fashionable nowadays to play the sheep toeing the all hail the US line. I'd not do that even if I got paid to do so !

We're commemorating an Allied effort. Of the landing five beaches, two were British, one Canadian. You also have Poles, Belgians, Dutch, Czechs and I believe some French under Leclerc showed up eventually too. :03:

Frankly I think it's become more fashionable for a comfortable, blasé world to denigrate the moment.

In any case Salute! :salute:

[Rockstar]

... Don't we hear about war enough at tv every single day actually ? Or is it just to legitimize what's being done these days in the Mediterranean/Middle East ?...

Well in case you didn't notice Vendor was kind enough to provide an alternative. IT'S NATIONAL SWEDEN DAY too! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=184334



:salute: to those who were called by their nations to do their duty and so much more. June 6th 1944



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[Oberon]

:salute: To those on their Longest Day.

[Alex]

We're commemorating an Allied effort. Of the landing five beaches, two were British, one Canadian. You also have Poles, Belgians, Dutch and I believe some French under Leclerc showed up eventually too. :03:
Oh ! And where did that take place ?

In France ? Where's that country ?
Thanks teacher, I had never heard of that. :DL

Seriously ;), if you read my post above, you'll understand I'm not against the remembering of such an event, but more against its recurrence. We may be humble in here, but we don't go celebrating the liberation of the Elsass-Lothringen territory each and every year, some are just busy enough not to care about that any more, period. :DL

[joea]

Geez Alex, we are on a website dedicated to a very specific type of military simulation-some present day but mostly involving WWII so it's normal we note these dates. You think the mainstream media note these anymore, d-day maybe but every year less and less as more of the vets pass on. As it should be. We are different form the general population though. Slightly nuttier to start. :doh::88)

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

We are different form the general population though. Slightly nuttier to start. :doh::88)
:sign_yeah: especially being nut...

[Hottentot]

Hm, funny thing I just recently watched these films (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_%28film_series%29). A very good piece of film history, but also a reminder that there was an alternative. Opening the second front had long term consequences too.

Edited for grammar. I should really learn to think in English when writing in English...

[frau kaleun]

what's the purpose of looking backward EVERY SINGLE YEAR at the same date ? :o

Because if people choose to commemorate a particular event that happened on a particular day, it is only natural to do so on the anniversary of that day, which - the concept of "anniversary" being what it is - comes around every single year on the same date.

One might just as well ask, what's the purpose of celebrating a birthday every single year at the same date. :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

Looks like it's fashionable nowadays to play the sheep toeing the all hail the US line.


:DL

[Alex]

@ FK : Conforming to that way of thinking, then everyone in your country should be celebrating the US defeat in Vietnam each and every year, the death of everyone's great-granduncle, and basically everything not worth celebrating, just because the calendar is your friend.

[AVGWarhawk]

@ FK : Conforming to that way of thinking, then everyone in your country should be celebrating the US defeat in Vietnam each and every year, the death of everyone's great-granduncle, and basically everything not worth celebrating, just because the calendar is your friend.

These would be days of mourning/rememberance. Not celebration.

[Alex]

Don't be picky about my basic English language, not my native one after all. :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Don't be picky about my basic English language, not my native one after all. :O:

:DL

[frau kaleun]

@ FK : Conforming to that way of thinking, then everyone in your country should be celebrating the US defeat in Vietnam each and every year, the death of everyone's great-granduncle, and basically everything not worth celebrating, just because the calendar is your friend.

The calendar is your friend because it can remind you that the anniversary of a particular date has arrived or is coming up soon.

Whether or not that particular date is worth commemorating because of some particular event that once happened on it, is a completely subjective thing both for individuals and societies as a whole. Commemorating one event that is important to you, or to your nation's history, does not obligate you to commemorate every other event that ever occurred in the history of the world and was important to somebody somewhere. If that were the case we would be having National Sweden Day parades here in Ohio today and fireworks on Bastille Day and something else going on every othe day of the year because every day of the year is the anniversary of something important to someone.

I consider the birthday of my sister worth commemorating. I do not consider the anniversary of the death of some miscellaneous stranger's great-granduncle worth commemorating. It may be so for those who knew and loved him, but it is not so for me. Nor do I consider them obligated to commemorate my sister's birthday simply because they choose to remember the "special" days associated with their own loved ones.

People are going to remember and celebrate and commemorate things that are meaningful and important to them. More often than not, they will do so on the anniversary of the date(s) on which those events occurred. Sometimes - gasp! - they will actually do so in a public setting, and share their memories and feelings and appreciation and whatnot with others who are doing the same. If you don't feel it's worth commemorating or talking about, that's your prerogative. No one's requiring you to take part, bake a cake, wave a flag, or march in any parades.

[August]

"Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will fight savagely.
But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man to man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our home fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory!
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!
Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking."

~ Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower




Ghosts of the past. http://home.comcast.net/%7Erdsterling/pwpimages/Paratroopers%20Normandy%201.jpg

[Alex]

@ FK : Thanks for letting me know about your subjective way of thinking, FK, which I value a lot of course.

But if we switch temporarily to a collective way of thinking, don't you think we can say that caring not only about our present, is like making a speech to worms ?

[nikimcbee]

Just for you August:

Don Malarkey, from a BoB reunion I was able to attend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ato3VUMt3bU


Forrest Gueth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwRJ9vW6M-s

[frau kaleun]

@ FK : Thanks for letting me know about your subjective way of thinking, FK, which I value a lot of course.

But if we switch temporarily to a collective way of thinking,

I don't know what you mean by "collective thinking" in this context, especially as an alternative to subjectivity. The reason D-Day or other events are collectively commemorated is that they still have a lot of meaning for a lot of different individual people, and to several different nations. But whether it's one person or a million, one nation or a dozen, it's all still subjective.


don't you think we can say that caring not only about our present, is like making a speech to worms ?

I have no idea what you're trying to say here. Lost in translation, I guess.

[mookiemookie]

:salute: Those guys were made of some sterner stuff indeed.

[Sailor Steve]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
-Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, commonly known as George Santayana

Time for my annual viewing of The Longest Day, whether I'm alone or not. :sunny:

[AVGWarhawk]

Time for my annual viewing of The Longest Day


Good flick :up:

[Takeda Shingen]

We thank them for their service.

[Oberon]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
-Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, commonly known as George Santayana

Time for my annual viewing of The Longest Day, whether I'm alone or not. :sunny:

Fantastic film indeed, the best D-Day film out there in my opinion.

[Jimbuna]

MAY GOD BLESS THEM ALL

~SALUTE~

[HunterICX]

Fantastic film indeed, the best D-Day film out there in my opinion.

I second that :up::D

AUF MICH ZU DIREKT!!!!

Die fünftausend Schiffe, die die Alliierten gar nicht haben können, wie Sie meinen, sie haben sie! Ja, sie haben sie!

HunterICX

[Torplexed]

The Longest Day (1962) was the biggest grossing black and white film up until the advent of Schindler's List (1993). Nobody watches the wretched colorized version. :O:

Apparently, Sean Connery asked that his scenes be filmed quickly so he could get to Jamaica in time to star in the first Bond film Dr. No. Kinda ironic, considering how fed up he became with that role as the decade wore on. Who knows? Maybe that's why he put on a beret and signed up for the next Cornelius Ryan based epic, A Bridge too Far 15 years later. :D

[Oberon]

http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/film/pip.jpg

"Das war der große Augenblick der deutschen Luftwaffe, hahaha!"

[August]

Nobody watches the wretched colorized version. :O:

I watched the colorized version last night. Looked fine to me... :DL

[Lord Justice]

No one's requiring you to take part, bake a cake, wave a flag, or march in any parades.No one is requiring you act so expeditiously either! Your comment I must confess, strikes me so. As for request to one taking part , no one is given the choice either not to, when a post is placed within a thread to be observed, albeit if one chooses to read or simply step aside, It is an obstacle none the less. That said, I should advise freedom of speech, expression of opinions carrys much weight with me. :)

[frau kaleun]

No one is requiring you act so expeditiously either! Your comment I must confess, strikes me so. As for request to one taking part , no one is given the choice either not to, when a post is placed within a thread to be observed, albeit if one chooses to read or simply step aside, It is an obstacle none the less. That said, I should advise freedom of speech, expression of opinions carrys much weight with me. :)

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[Lord Justice]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/12/31/0186ca90-d931-4c13-bde1-60bd60605fe1.jpgI make no doubt! :doh: on all points your excellency should think proper to adopt. :zzz:

[Jimbuna]

Well it didn't take long to diss the event did it? :hmmm:

[Oberon]

4Para, my friend, I do think that you are directing your stern resolve towards the wrong character. Frau Kaleun is a lady of utmost courtesy towards the events of the 6th June 1944, and she was trying to make a point towards Mr Alex who is under the impression that celebrating this event each year is a waste of resources and as such other events such as the American withdrawal from Vietnam should also be celebrated.

[yubba]

Can't forget Midway Day, will there be cake,:woot:

[AdeptCharge]

I make no doubt! :doh: on all points your excellency should think proper to adopt. :zzz: @ 4para - Fascinating - I understand the logic.

4Para, my friend, I do think that you are directing your stern resolve towards the wrong character. @ Oberon - No you are incorrect. I Just visited 4 paras page- you are not on his friend list. :oops: hmm....There is no stern resolve to be read. Further investigation may be reqisite to the understanding of opinions. ;) You need to read with more precision.

[Oberon]

:hmmm:

My head hurts.

[AdeptCharge]

:hmmm:

My head hurts.If I may - there are many establishments throughout the locus of Britain where headache tablets may be purchased, given the fiscal funds meet the correct said amount. They should help ease your hurting head. You could google to find the nearest. :shifty: Fascinating my brain is starting to get sore.

[krashkart]

:salute:

[Jimbuna]

:hmmm:

My head hurts.

Keep it cool mate...the 'eyes' have it http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif


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[Oberon]

Keep it cool mate...

As a cucumber...


Oh...wait...perhaps wrong choice of metaphor... :dead:

[August]

As a cucumber...


Oh...wait...perhaps wrong choice of metaphor... :dead:

Spain will now sue you for cucumber defamation. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Well somebody has to stump up towards that 150 million Eu they're about to recieve from the EU :DL

[Sailor Steve]

If I may - there are many establishments throughout the locus of Britain where headache tablets may be purchased, given the fiscal funds meet the correct said amount. They should help ease your hurting head. You could google to find the nearest. :shifty: Fascinating my brain is starting to get sore.
Be careful...you're actually making sense.

[Sailor Steve]

Oh, I almost forgot. My copy of The Longest Day is buried somewhere in my storage unit, along with several other videos. I ended up watching Ike: Countdown To D-Day, with Tom Selleck (excellent with his head shaved and iconic mustache nowhere to be seen) and Gerald McRaney as Patton (and another famous soup-catcher shorn for a role). Actually quite a good little film, mainly because of the acting.

[Gerald]

Oh, I almost forgot. My copy of The Longest Day is buried somewhere in my storage unit, along with several other videos. I ended up watching Ike: Countdown To D-Day, with Tom Selleck (excellent with his head shaved and iconic mustache nowhere to be seen) and Gerald McRaney as Patton (and another famous soup-catcher shorn for a role). Actually quite a good little film, mainly because of the acting. Where were the films on the market?

[Sailor Steve]

Where were the films on the market?
I picked mine up in the sale-bin at Wal*Mart. Of course that's an American thing, but you can find it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ike-Countdown-D-Day-Timothy-Bottoms/dp/B0007XMLSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307493534&sr=1-1

Don't forget to back up and use the Subsim.com store link so Neal gets a cut.

[Gerald]

I picked mine up in the sale-bin at Wal*Mart. Of course that's an American thing, but you can find it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ike-Countdown-D-Day-Timothy-Bottoms/dp/B0007XMLSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307493534&sr=1-1

Don't forget to back up and use the Subsim.com store link so Neal gets a cut. I ALWAYS, supporters SubSim (Neal),thanks for link, :DL

[August]

Oh, I almost forgot. My copy of The Longest Day is buried somewhere in my storage unit, along with several other videos. I ended up watching Ike: Countdown To D-Day, with Tom Selleck (excellent with his head shaved and iconic mustache nowhere to be seen) and Gerald McRaney as Patton (and another famous soup-catcher shorn for a role). Actually quite a good little film, mainly because of the acting.

I remember that one, yep it was good.

[Gerald]

@Steve! Good price too, :yep:

[Sailor Steve]

I ALWAYS, supporters SubSim (Neal),thanks for link, :DL
I wasn't trying to say you don't. I just like to give everybody a reminder whenever I link to Amazon. :sunny:

[TLAM Strike]

:hmmm:

My head hurts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTens4i32b0