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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That is fantastic. :yep:

Should I understand this?:hmm2:

The Danish Queen said said someting important in her speech

Every year we have honored the Danish Resistance men. We have, however, forgotten those who gave their lives in the cold North Atlantic ocean by transporting weapons and ammo.

Markus

A friend of mine posted a picture with a related text it had a F-word in it so I can't post it here.

A shame

I can give you the text cleaned

"An 83 year old British Gentleman arrived in Paris by plane. As he was fumbling in his bag for his passport. A stern French Lady asked if he had been to France before. He admitted he had indeed been previously. The Lady sarcastically said then you should known to have your Passport out and waiting Sir.

The Gentle man said I didn't have to show it last time. Impossible the Lady said you British have always had to show your Passport to get through here.

The man responded by whispering

"Well when I came ashore on the beach on D-Day in 1944 I couldn't find any Frenchmen to Show it to."

The last sentence said it

First you do show respect for the elder and furthermore if you meet an so old Englishman you can be sure that he have probably been fighting in WWII

Markus

Aw, too bad, really...
And yet everything I said was told in a correct and respectful way... :hmm2:


Had I known that my post would be just deleted the way you did, I'd have gone all the way and would have mentioned sexual exactions of the GI's on the french womankind, since Americans were allowed to use and abuse of their position of liberators to enjoy french females in some not so recommendable ways.

Some of those liberators acted fairly with women in here.
But what's totally unbearable is the way those at the top in that so-called country of freedom basically used the free sex argument as a fair mean of recruitment to hire more people in the army, to the point quite a bit still keep bad memories of the american presence in France. Conduct your own researches, some american historians dared to destroy the myth of liberators. Many boys were just sure that french flesh was very frivolous, and the US high command kind of sold the landings in Normandy like erotic adventures, pretty much the only way to galvanize little soldiers to be sent on the beaches to face that hellish german steel storm which so much poor young men just have not been able to cope with and resist on the beaches...

And let's not forget to mention racism existed already at the time, so american headquarters decided to hang publicly black soldiers accused of raping - scapegoats of an army based on racial segregation, at the time at least - and...

Well, that's enough for now, I guess.
I can't put up with the way people see it all nowadays, I'm just tired to hear about that crap getting romanticized more and more as time goes by, each and every year.
But well.

Uh yeah what ever buddy.

I wish to congratulate you for your addition to the ignore list (you are the only one on it).

Alex, could you provide some proof for these claims. Links to credible and non biased sources if you please. If you can't some people might think you are making this stuff up.

We are currently in contact, but can't ask her out. I was very (un)intelligent as sign up for USMC summer boot camp.

+1
Some just can't resist to post their bull on a day like this, ah well good riddance.