Today, just take a moment to think of what all of those soldiers did. British, Canadian, and American forces joined together to liberate people.
RIP all who died on this day 64 years ago.
RIP all who died on this day 64 years ago.
Yeah. I always watch Saving Private Ryan and The Episodes of Band Of Brothers involving D-day on june 6th. Just got done watching both. Scary times.
The hair just stood up on the back of my neck, always does on June 6th.
SoC./Omega wrote:
Today, just take a moment to think of what all of those soldiers did. British, Canadian, and American forces joined together to liberate people.
I still think it's amazing how everything fell into place so perfectly that day
so that's why they're showing all those ww2 d day related shows on history channel.
RIP all the soldiers who died in the greatest naval invasion ever
RIP all the soldiers who died in the greatest naval invasion ever
The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from Great Britain, Canada and the US. However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, in all the different armed services: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.SoC./Omega wrote:
Today, just take a moment to think of what all of those soldiers did. British, Canadian, and American forces joined together to liberate people.
RIP all who died on this day 64 years ago.
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I apologize, thanks to all of them also.Kmarion wrote:
The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from Great Britain, Canada and the US. However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, in all the different armed services: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.SoC./Omega wrote:
Today, just take a moment to think of what all of those soldiers did. British, Canadian, and American forces joined together to liberate people.
RIP all who died on this day 64 years ago.
Surviving D-Day was mostly pure luck and the soldiers fighting there that day knew it was a big chance their lives would end on the beach ... that kind of dedication and sacrifice will live on for a very long time ...
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You would be surprised. 10% losses was far under what was expect by high command, they expected 50% losses. Its mainly Utah and Omaha first 2 waves that suffered, however those that died on those two beaches in those first hours didn't even have a chance and whats sad is that their only role was to bring supplies onto the beaches.Varegg wrote:
Surviving D-Day was mostly pure luck and the soldiers fighting there that day knew it was a big chance their lives would end on the beach ... that kind of dedication and sacrifice will live on for a very long time ...
RIP to all of them.
That was today?
Ah man. Oh well. I'll do my 2 minutes silencelater tonight. I've always been fascinated by WW2.
Ah man. Oh well. I'll do my 2 minutes silencelater tonight. I've always been fascinated by WW2.
What the Allies accomplished on this day was nothing short of epic. When I played COD2 and the section storming the beach, I got a tiny taste of what they faced. Charging forward into the withering fire took amazing courage. May those heroes rest in peace.
The men who stormed those beaches that day are LEGENDS! All of them! RIP
Don't forget the paratroopers and glider crews who secured strategic points behind enemy lines to stop the re-enforcements from arriving. They were probably the most vital part of the invasion (along with the Hobart's Funnies).fadedsteve wrote:
The men who stormed those beaches that day are LEGENDS! All of them! RIP
Photo: Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division landing onto
Omaha Beach from a Coastguard landing craft (from the U.S.
Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase) on D-Day.
(Chief Photographer’s Mate (CPHOM) Robert F. Sargent)
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It's funny that I didn't realise that and I'm Australian...............Kmarion wrote:
The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from Great Britain, Canada and the US. However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, in all the different armed services: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.SoC./Omega wrote:
Today, just take a moment to think of what all of those soldiers did. British, Canadian, and American forces joined together to liberate people.
RIP all who died on this day 64 years ago.
ZombieVampire! wrote:
It's funny that I didn't realise that and I'm Australian...............Kmarion wrote:
The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from Great Britain, Canada and the US. However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, in all the different armed services: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.SoC./Omega wrote:
Today, just take a moment to think of what all of those soldiers did. British, Canadian, and American forces joined together to liberate people.
RIP all who died on this day 64 years ago.
Australia didnt have a huge role in D-Day... our main contribution were in North Africa and the Pacific. but still there were around 3000 involvedAustralia's D-Day effort
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It is believed that up to 3000 Australians were involved directly in the D-Day landing, although the number is difficult to judge exactly because many were serving in Allied units under other flags.
Most were airmen, who flew missions over Normandy "softening up" German outposts before the sea invasion, or dropping paratroopers into scenes of conflict.
It is also estimated that about 200 Australian sailors were scattered among the 600-strong fleet of naval and merchant ships that steamed towards France before dawn on June 6, 1944.
Twenty-five Australian Army servicemen are believed to have been among the more than 150,000 men who landed on the Normandy beaches on D-Day (none were killed).
The Royal Australian Air Force roll of honour records 12 Australian men as having died on D-Day and 200 during June and July in France. Two members of the Royal Australian Navy died.
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs
Rip soldiers of italy, estonia, latvia, germany, lithuania and many more. Your sacrifices against the red beast will never be forgotten.
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"the red beast" suffered more casualties than any other nation in ww2killcommies wrote:
Rip soldiers of italy, estonia, latvia, germany, lithuania and many more. Your sacrifices against the red beast will never be forgotten.
Dont see your point? I wasn't referring to any communist soldiers in my post...Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
"the red beast" suffered more casualties than any other nation in ww2killcommies wrote:
Rip soldiers of italy, estonia, latvia, germany, lithuania and many more. Your sacrifices against the red beast will never be forgotten.
just seemed like u were marginalising the russian losses in ww2... and also ur name. anywho.killcommies wrote:
Dont see your point? I wasn't referring to any communist soldiers in my post...Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
"the red beast" suffered more casualties than any other nation in ww2killcommies wrote:
Rip soldiers of italy, estonia, latvia, germany, lithuania and many more. Your sacrifices against the red beast will never be forgotten.
Or maybe suggesting that the Communists were worse than the Fascists, which is certainly debatable.
Everything is debatable.ZombieVampire! wrote:
Or maybe suggesting that the Communists were worse than the Fascists, which is certainly debatable.
Which is why I said it was debatable................?