June 6th, 1944.

[jlee]

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As also done in P&N, this deserves a couple of days at the top :gift:

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[chambersc]

thank you, sir. thank you.

 

[LtPage1]

With all this hilarious hubbub about the month/date/year, I'd actually forgotten. Thank you for reminding me with 3 hours to spare.

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have
striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon 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 ourselves 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 Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats,
in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their
strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home
Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions
of war, and placed 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 and devotion to duty and skill in
battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great
and noble undertaking.


SIGNED: Dwight D. Eisenhower

American Cemetery at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

 

[BigToque]

 

[Zim Hosein]

Topic Title: June 6th, 1944.
Topic Summary: Let us not forget.

 

[eits]

forget what?

edit: i realized that i was posting in atot, where some people don't have a sense of humor, so i wanted to let everyone know that it was just a joke....

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: eits
forget what?

edit: i realized that i was posting in atot, where some people don't have a sense of humor, so i wanted to let everyone know that it was just a joke....

This, in my not-so-humble opinion, is not a joking matter..

http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/faq.htm

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: eits
forget what?

Click the links in the OP.

it was a joke, dude

 

[skyking]

 

[BeauJangles]

Funny, I was just thinking about this, but actually from a photographic standpoint. The reason there are so few images of the Normandy landings isn't because nobody took photos, it's actually because all the film used by about 90% of the photographers went to one officer who, when boarding one of the landing craft to head back to England and develop the film, dropped it into the ocean. More film was lost when an assistant accidently melted the negatives in his excitement to see them.

 

[Brainonska511]

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

one of the most important days in human history.
if it had failed, and the allies pushed back to the sea, the US and britain might have concluded peace with the germans, who then could take russia. Nazi germany might still be in power today.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
one of the most important days in human history.
if it had failed, and the allies pushed back to the sea, the US and britain might have concluded peace with the germans, who then could take russia. Nazi germany might still be in power today.

Sorry but no, we would have just nuked em eventually...

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: goku
Sorry but no, we would have just nuked em eventually...

Or it'd be the Cold War all over again only with ovens.

 

[judasmachine]

poor bastards, and thanks.

 

[bondboy]

Thank you for this post, OP.

 

[dugweb]

per this thread, I went back and watched the first 30+ minutes of Saving Private Ryan...

(I never get emotional in movies, but in SPR when the mother realizes the military men are there to deliver news of a death of one of her sons I really have to fight it That is a powerful scene)

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Funny, I was just thinking about this, but actually from a photographic standpoint. The reason there are so few images of the Normandy landings isn't because nobody took photos, it's actually because all the film used by about 90% of the photographers went to one officer who, when boarding one of the landing craft to head back to England and develop the film, dropped it into the ocean. More film was lost when an assistant accidently melted the negatives in his excitement to see them.

actually most of the negatives never got developed simply because the photographers were killed
then there was one photographer who not only had taken MANY MANY MANY rolls of film, but survived. but in the lab assistants haste to develop the negatives, used too warm of water and destroyed much of the film.
but the photos that survived from that photographer were some of the most meaningly and powerful photos ever taken during WW2.

I completely forgot today was D-Day, in stupidity of today being 666. i feel ashamned being that I vowed to never forget the lives lost, and how I was almost never here had it not been for my grandpa having disentary right before the battle of the bulge began. lucky him, as that was the worst battle outside of the omaha beach landing.

 

[Tab]

Does anyone know where to get photos like these? I've collected them from various websites and have hundreds from various wars, anyone know where I can get them for free?

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: dugweb
per this thread, I went back and watched the first 30+ minutes of Saving Private Ryan...

(I never get emotional in movies, but in SPR when the mother realizes the military men are there to deliver news of a death of one of her sons I really have to fight it That is a powerful scene)

The most emotional war movie moment was when the Jewish American Solider in Band of Brothers told the Jewish Prisoners to go back in...

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: Tab
Does anyone know where to get photos like these? I've collected them from various websites and have hundreds from various wars, anyone know where I can get them for free?

those urls look like a good start.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: dugweb
per this thread, I went back and watched the first 30+ minutes of Saving Private Ryan...

(I never get emotional in movies, but in SPR when the mother realizes the military men are there to deliver news of a death of one of her sons I really have to fight it That is a powerful scene)

that's one of the most overused gimmicks to manipulate the viewer. yawn.

 

[Flash1969]

 

[Aquaman]

Thanks to all the people sho gave their lives for our liberty.

Aquaman

 

[Powermoloch]