D day.

[Task Force]

Tomorrow (on the US east coast here) is the (I think) 65 anniversary of the normandy invasion... I thank all those brave men who went into the battlefield to fight the germans.

Even now the paratroopers were airborn 65 years ago.

My we always remember the sacrifice.

[Oberon]

Right at this moment, 65 years ago, elements of the US airbourne were on the ground in Normandy and already in combat with the enemy. In less than five hours time, the naval invasion begins.
God bless all of them, and to all of them, my deepest thanks.

[Onkel Neal]

Salute to the Allied troops. Democracy came at a cost, and they paid it.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

Even now the paratroopers were airborn 65 years ago.

My we always remember the sacrifice.

Rangers lead the way:

I got to attend a Band of Brothers reunion and meet several of them:
Don Malarkey:


Forrest Gueth:

[nikimcbee]

[Oberon]

65 years ago at this moment the naval part of Operation Overlord was underway, the beaches of Normandy were now a scene of a naval invasion the scale of which will never be repeated.
I am 25 years old, 65 years ago I would very likely have been on that beach, those men died so that I may type this in peace from my home on the East Anglian coast. I am just returned from laying some flowers at the local war memorial, those men who fought today, have my eternal gratitude.
God bless them, all of them.

Salute! For me it's the most impressing Allied invasion of all times

Thinking of watching "Saving private Ryan" again today

Also watch:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

One of my grandfathers stormed Gold, the other stormed Sword. If only I had chance to listen to the one's stories.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

A tribute to the Band of Brothers. . And the slip of paper from Ike that everone got on D-Day.

Soldiers,Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

You are about to embark the Great Crusade, toward which we
we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world
are apon 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
ourselfs 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 States have inflicted upon the
Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air
offensive has seriouly redueced their strength in the air and on
the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming
superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed our
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 blessing of Almighty God
upon this great and noble undertaking.

Dwight Eisenhower.


On D-Day some 2,900,000 Allied troops from the US, Britian and Her Commonwealth and other nations that where now a part Nazi occupied Europe. Not one of the solders, sailors, and airmen could know if they would see the end of The Longest Day. Some perished in the planes and in the landing craft, others lived though the war. But those who are living and dead, who took part in this operation deserve a specal place in history. June 6, 1944 THE LONGEST DAY.

[HunterICX]

D-Day is one of the parts in World War II that touches me the most
twice I've been to Normandy and it left an impresion on me.

I salute all who took part in the battle.

HunterICX

[TarJak]

Their sacrifice honours all who came after.

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun
And in the morning.
We will remember them

Lest we forget.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Juno Beach - The Canadians On D-Day

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, “Operation Overlord”, the long-awaited invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe, began with Allied armies from the U.S., Britain and Canada landing on the coast of Normandy. On D-Day, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landed on Juno Beach. The Canadian assault troops stormed ashore in the face of fierce opposition from German strongholds and mined beach obstacles. The soldiers raced across the wide-open beaches swept with machine gun fire, and stormed the gun positions. In fierce hand-to-hand fighting, they fought their way into the towns of Bernières, Courseulles and St. Aubin and then advanced inland, securing a critical bridgehead for the allied invasion. The victory was a turning point in World War II and led to the liberation of Europe and the defeat of Nazi Germany.




http://www.members.shaw.ca/junobeach/index.htm


Salute to all the Allied Troops

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

The victory was a turning point in World War II and led to the liberation of Europe and the defeat of Nazi Germany.

Actually the turning point was Stalingrad and Germany would have been defeated by the Soviets anyway.
But I too am grateful for those who gave their lives there. They ended the Nazi tyranny and made it possible that I was born in a free and democratic (as much as western democracies are democratic) Germany.

[August]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

They ended the Nazi tyranny and made it possible that I was born in a free and democratic (as much as western democracies are democratic) Germany.

And allowed my father, a US Soldier and my mother a German Fraulein to meet 9 years later, fall in love and become man and wife in a marriage that lasted until my fathers death in 1998.

It's strange how life works sometimes...