D-Day

[Wolferz]

6/6/1944

A salute to all the brave souls who embarked on Operation Overlord on this day.:salute:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day

[fireftr18]

SA-A-ALUTE!!
:Kaleun_Salute:

[CaptainHaplo]

We do not forget!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Torplexed]

:salute:

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Mitchum.jpg

[Torplexed]

6/6/1945

A salute to all the brave souls who embarked on Operation Overlord on this day.:salute:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day

BTW, shouldn't it be 6/6/44? :D By '45 it was probably just mine clearing.

[Harvs]

Thank you all your bravery will not be forgotten :salute:

[Aktungbby]

http://mediastore2.magnumphotos.com/CoreXDoc/MAG/Media/TR2/a/d/9/9/PAR121451.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:Matrix3.mbClick=false;void(0);)First wave Omaha Beach- Capahttp://mediastore3.magnumphotos.com/CoreXDoc/MAG/Media/TR2/6/3/0/6/PAR121456.jpg (javascript:Matrix3.mbClick=false;void(0);)

[August]

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11036212_728702693907192_1130379166926496908_n.jpg ?oh=0bf60c215915058c329757346f7d5f7a&oe=55EBDCD9

[TorpX]

:salute:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

http://s6.postimg.org/db7tqquip/2014_06_06_14_47_04_1.jpg :salute:

[Admiral Halsey]

I know i'm a bit late but gotta post the ultimate D-Day photo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg

[Jimbuna]

~SALUTE~

[Aktungbby]

~SALUTE~

INDEED!http://mediastore3.magnumphotos.com/CoreXDoc/MAG/Media/TR2/0/3/0/2/PAR77862.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:Matrix3.mbClick=false;void(0);)
Robert Capa (http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=DirectSearch&AID=KXLCHEGETYG)




FRANCE. Normandy. June, 1944. http://mediastore.magnumphotos.com/CoreXDoc/MAG/Media/TR2/f/3/f/b/PAR77874.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:Matrix3.mbClick=false;void(0);)
Robert Capa (http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=DirectSearch&AID=KXLCHEGETYG)POW'S BURY THE AMERICAN DEAD FROM D-DAY

[Torplexed]

As a logistical feat, impressive in it's own right.

http://pyxis.homestead.com/depature_day.jpg

[razark]

:salute:
http://i.imgur.com/c2SM2dY.jpg

[fireftr18]

As a logistical feat, impressive in it's own right.

One of the most amazing feats is how is all the preparation and staging needed was done, yet it remained secret until the day it happened.

[razark]

One of the most amazing feats is how is all the preparation and staging needed was done, yet it remained secret until the day it happened.
I recently finished a book consisting of short recollections from members of a Bomb Group in England. Some of them mentioned how their route to targets were somewhat roundabout, with a large No-Go zone over the southern coast of England.

[Platapus]

I have always been fascinated by the logistics after the landing. How they set up the harbour and moved all those supplies. Wow!!

[August]

The C-47 that led the main flight of paratroops on D-Day has been found intact.

http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=567cfa7e145cdabe7a9cd2991&id=b2bc0372ab&e=f9a1b945a2

[Torvald Von Mansee]

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11036212_728702693907192_1130379166926496908_n.jpg ?oh=0bf60c215915058c329757346f7d5f7a&oe=55EBDCD9

That's this guy:

http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2015/111/41804892_1429734774.jpg

[Platapus]

Whether you believe it was friendly fire (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) or a German E-boat attack, let's not forget the soldiers who died on 27 April 1944 in a training exercise off the Dorset Coast as part of Exercise Tiger.

946 (number is disputed) US soldiers died :salute:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Tiger
www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/may/16/military.usa

This book is on my wish list
http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgotten-Dead-Servicemen-1944-And/dp/0747544670

There also a few more books on this exercise.