That is Awesome! :rock:

By main I meant the major powers, not size. A wise man once said "I would rather have an army of sheep led by a lion behind me rather than an army of lions led by a sheep.

Nice one Jamie :sunny:

Right now, seventy years ago, US, British and Canadian airbourne units, along with their Rupert decoys, were dropping across the French countryside.

http://www.freeallimages.com/wp-cont...troopers-2.jpg

And, on that related topic:
http://news.sky.com/story/1275656/ve...parachute-jump

:salute:

70 years ago right now, the bombardment of the beach defences has been going on for over half an hour, and there are signs of problems at Omaha already as the DD duplex tanks start to sink in rough seas.
In a few moments the venerable USS Texas will open fire, followed soon by the Arkansas, whilst over 300 RAF Liberator bombers fly overhead.

Die Invasion, sie kommen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngKJMf3F6jo

I felt sorry for that horse having to carry Goldfinger:)

Well said.

Nice, thanks for that bit of info.


I want to throw in a special salute to the French. When Hitler invaded Poland, the French stood with Britain in declaring war on Hitler. France knew they would bear the brunt of the land war, and indeed they did, when Germany overwhelmed the French and British forces in 1940. The British had the Channel to retreat to so they might live to fight another day. America had the Atlantic (and were sitting it out as spectators in the great fight against totalitarianism), and Russia was too busy finishing off Poland and Finland to be bothered. But the French had nowhere to go. Can you imagine how hard it was to see Hitler in the City of Lights? Imagine if Hitler was cockily strutting around in Time Square or Hyde Park. Or Red Square.

Yes, I am proud of our forces, very proud. It swells my heart to think about the D-Day forces helping the French to recover their beloved land.

A little something I whipped up in IL-2. Airborne all the way!!:salute:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...0/840/k0jj.jpg

For me something that always stuck in my memories are the thoughts when I looked down the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc.

''Did they really climb up here to knock out the German here, they must've been mad''

They wheren't mad...they where the brave men of the 2nd Ranger Group, isolated from the rest of the Allied Forces and held of the German Counter attacks for 2 days.

http://i.imgur.com/bQLiOg7.jpg

:salute:

Alex

This thread was created in honour of all those (your own countrymen included) who took part in freeing Europe of tyrannical rule. In honour of all those who made the ultimate sacrifice and never returned home to their families and loved ones.

Many here (myself included) have family who actually took part and are rightly proud of them.

I suspect you knew before posting there would be a reaction from members here and in response to that I have deleted your post and hope you will come to the realisation this is not the time or place to post what you have.

If you feel strongly enough about what happened on this day or what has happened since I think it best if you start a new thread and the moderation rules will be applied equitably as they do to all threads and posts in this forum.

Respect is a two way street and on this day rightly so.

Being the 70th anniversary, I imagine it's possibly the last return for these cull'd and choice drawn-cavaliers. Salute. :salute:

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...22565727-1.jpg

A local university (USC) library recently found some old local radio recordings in its collection and a local radio station has aired a couple of D-Day transmissions:

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/...nal-broadcast/


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