D-Day 60 Years
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- rasko40
your girlfriend was in WWII?!?!
holy fuck pascii you are a brave man
- phatlee0
An estimated 27 million citizens of the Soviet Union perished in World War II.
By comparison, total casualties for the USA and Great Britain, military and civilian, are estimated at around 700,000.
Finally a mention of the Russians http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world…
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that's true, but Stalin killed a lot of his own as well.
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Pascii I know exactly what you mean. Anyone who called themselves a Nazi belongs in a grave in my opinion but not those fifteen year old boys and old men who were sent off to fight the invasion the last minute.
Headline news in Belgium today is are a couple of rightwing militants who after their annual partygathering smacked some muzlimwomen silly and pulled a little turckish boy from his bike on the ground.
The newspapers say the men had too many drinks when the incident occurred. 300 policemen intervened to clear up the mess.For those who understand Dutch check this out.
Real media:
http://www.vlaamsblok.be/realaud…
- pascii0
my GrandFather rasko! *argh*
- k0na_an0k0
great photos so far. keep us posted 4 more.
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I have to scan a ton. Possibly will make an XML Slideshow site.
- rasko40
hahaha
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do that jazX!
Myself I'm going through old familypictures. I should have this picture of my uncle in a brand new silk shirt in 1943 made out a parachute.
The mothers side of my grandfather was killed in the camps, my grandfather spend his childhood in a 3 by 4 meter room hiding from the Nazi's as they were so-oo Jewish.
- phatlee0
modern war http://www.informationwar.org/wa…
- phatlee0
the landings
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gotcha' dave. ;)
- waynepixel0
Them pic look excellent JazX. Cannot wate to see the rest.
Thanks Mate.
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Air cover was vital during D-Day to take out German fortifications on Normandy's beaches. Most of the beaches were more or less clear of German resistance by the time the Allies landed. However, at Omaha beach, Allied bombers over-ran German positions by several Kilometers, and took out benign French towns/villages instead. Moreover, due to gross naval incometencies on the allied part; the attack on Omaha beach was instructed far too early to allow time for the Parachute regiments that had landed in France earlier - to attack German troops from the rear. Instead the naval vessels anchored themselves miles off the coast of Omaha, and forced the soldiers to wade into shore - leaving them easy pray to German defences: an inexplicable move that to this day hasn't been satisfactorily explained. A botched operation that led to the needless slaughter of thousands. With little or no knowledge of what to expect at Omaha, allied soldiers were thrown into the gates of hell. Expecting the invastion would be as straightforward as the ones that had occured on Gold beach, Juno, and Utah (where little more than 200 men out of 20-30,000 had lost their lives), allied soldiers were not prepared for the slaughter-house they confronted. Less heroes, more sheep to the slaughter - orchestrated by Commanders and Generals far removed from the action. Nothing so rudimentary as tanks and artillery was provided for them (which were present in numbers at the other, less heavily fortified, beaches). Through bewilderment and chaos they fought through the German lines - it was either that, or drown out at sea.
My grandfather fought for the British. Growing up in a poor village in what was then India; the war offered an opportunity to find work and to provide for his family. And so he joined the Punjabi regiment. He was mainly operational in North Africa where he fought the Italians, and many of his relatives were out in Southeast Asia fighiting the Japanese. Must have been strange for them. Not loving the people they fought for, not hating the ones they fought against. Fighting Italian and Japanese Empires so that they cud defend the Empire of Britain - just as opressive and tyrannical. But they did what they were told to do, and didn't ask questions. They weren't brave, or heroes. Just poor peasant farmers engaged in a war whose size and nature they couldn't possibly understand. My grandfather used to tell me how the "brown" people were always involved in the most dangerous operations; and often felt that they were being used as cannon fodder - always going in before the white troops. They were told by the British that they were the bravest and fiercest fighters they had seen. But they had to be. They had no choice. When you're thrown into the deep end of suicidal missions with no possible way out, it's either that or curl up and die.
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awesome, I dig it, risk your ass and randomly live and die, quite nice if you ask me.
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LOL... a certificate for getting shot!
Well done soldier, *salute*
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well it's for injuries during a war man, he did some killing as well. Kaboom and Kaput.
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Yeah but still. He cud be out doing some super eficient soldiering and not get a purple heart. But then like he cud trip and fall, break his arm and get a certificate. I dunno, i find it funny. It's not like an achievement, getting wounded. Purple Heart for "Wounds In Action". Like well done, you got wounded! You don't get certificates for being wounded at work. I know, bad example. But still.
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No Kuz, it's more like risking your ass and fucking people up and getting shot in the knee in this case.