News Flash!

dean_acheson · 06-06-07, 03:51 PM

Click .

A short video of the D-Day landings. Done in present tense.

Letum · 06-06-07, 03:57 PM

A little description before I click the link please.

SUBMAN1 · 06-06-07, 04:07 PM

Same. I'm not clicking a link without a description. Oops - guess I need to read the fine print underneath!

Letum · 06-06-07, 04:16 PM

Thanks for the description!

A nice, fun "what if", although it's a mistake to think it tells us anything about modern media.

The media is very much a product of the times and even vice-versa. It is wrong to look at the media in the UK or US 1930/1940s as in some way naive or blindly nationalistic. The biggest change to the media has been investigation, as opposed to reliance on the official government line to cover stories and "instant" coverage of events.

dean_acheson · 06-06-07, 04:17 PM

It is basically CNN does Omaha.

Figured if I said it, it would kinda ruin the "joke," I stupidly didn't think about nobody wanting to click on a link w/o anything on it.

I sometimes forget that we all ain't real life buddies that know that we wouldn't send our friend malicious stuff.

I HAVE been hanging out here too long, haven't I?

Letum · 06-06-07, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dean_acheson

I sometimes forget that we all ain't real life buddies that know that we wouldn't send our friend malicious stuff.

Nah! it's not that, I just like to know its safe to open in a public library!

robbo180265 · 06-06-07, 05:03 PM

Brilliant find thanks for sharing it with us

How they managed to do that landing is beyond me - I'm just very glad that they did. It was the begining of the end for Nazi Germany.

Rose · 06-06-07, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by robbo180265

It was the begining of the end for Nazi Germany.

Stalingrad came first.

It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Western front.

robbo180265 · 06-06-07, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rose

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo180265

It was the begining of the end for Nazi Germany.

Stalingrad came first.

It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Western front.

True.

Rose · 06-06-07, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo180265

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rose

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo180265

It was the begining of the end for Nazi Germany.

Stalingrad came first.

It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Western front.

True.

Sorry -- I'm a rather nit-picky person.

robbo180265 · 06-06-07, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rose

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo180265

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rose

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo180265

It was the begining of the end for Nazi Germany.

Stalingrad came first.

It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Western front.

True.

Sorry -- I'm a rather nit-picky person.

That's ok, I really don't mind

Yahoshua · 06-06-07, 07:55 PM

Never apologize for telling the truth.

Just something to keep in mind (this is not to be taken to be rude to everybody).

06-06-07, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

Never apologize for telling the truth.

Just something to keep in mind (this is not to be taken to be rude to everybody).

P_Funk · 06-06-07, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rose

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo180265

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rose

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo180265

It was the begining of the end for Nazi Germany.

Stalingrad came first.

It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Western front.

True.

Sorry -- I'm a rather nit-picky person.

Wasn't El Alamein before Stalingrad though? Though they call that the first major defeat for Germany, andI would still say that Stalingrad was the turning point.

I remember reading about the mistakes that afflicted Omaha. Just stupid stuff.

bradclark1 · 06-06-07, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rose

It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany on the Western front.

Kursk was the turning point for the Russo/German front. Stalingrad was a just a loss of an army. Big just but.......

I'd say there was more than a few factors that caused the turn. No one factor single handedly turned the war.

06-06-07, 03:51 PM	#1
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	News Flash! Click . A short video of the D-Day landings. Done in present tense. Last edited by dean_acheson; 06-06-07 at 04:06 PM.

06-06-07, 03:57 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	A little description before I click the link please. __________________

06-06-07, 04:07 PM	#3
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Same. I'm not clicking a link without a description. Oops - guess I need to read the fine print underneath! __________________

06-06-07, 04:16 PM	#4
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the description! A nice, fun "what if", although it's a mistake to think it tells us anything about modern media. The media is very much a product of the times and even vice-versa. It is wrong to look at the media in the UK or US 1930/1940s as in some way naive or blindly nationalistic. The biggest change to the media has been investigation, as opposed to reliance on the official government line to cover stories and "instant" coverage of events. __________________

06-06-07, 07:55 PM	#12
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Never apologize for telling the truth. Just something to keep in mind (this is not to be taken to be rude to everybody). __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

06-06-07, 04:17 PM	#5
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	It is basically CNN does Omaha. Figured if I said it, it would kinda ruin the "joke," I stupidly didn't think about nobody wanting to click on a link w/o anything on it. I sometimes forget that we all ain't real life buddies that know that we wouldn't send our friend malicious stuff. I HAVE been hanging out here too long, haven't I?

06-06-07, 05:03 PM	#7
robbo180265 Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, England.Party capital of the south Posts: 2,255 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Brilliant find thanks for sharing it with us How they managed to do that landing is beyond me - I'm just very glad that they did. It was the begining of the end for Nazi Germany.