60 years from D-Day

[otheymzefedaykin]

June 6 1944, British/American/Canadian/Polish/Australian/French etc.... troops accoast Normandy to make France & Wastern Europe free....

60th birthday of D-Day...and I want to said

"Merci aux Alli

[Wolf]

We did our best.  :)

[Edric O]

In the memory of all the brave men and women who gave their lives to rid the world of nazism! May future generations always remember their sacrifice and why they made it.

*puts his hand over his heart and bows*

Mais n'oublie pas de remercir aussi la R

[otheymzefedaykin]

Yes of course ! French Resitants were used by Allies like spies...

Je tiens aussi

[Caid Ivik]

I think those suicidal invaders, which ran from landing ships directly against german machine guns deserve more heroization than some guerillas...

[Anathema]

Bravery is usually onvoluntary anyway.

D-day was a memorable event, but just one of many.

[Wolf]

Imagine being the first man in the first boat. How could you possible survive? Imagine the graygreen waves rolling against the troopship. Imagine men fidgeting mindlessly, kissing crucifixes, and puking. Imagine the roaring, unnatural thunder of .88's rolling from the shore and spalshing, slamming, blasting. Imagine the sandy scrape of the ship against shore, imagine the door hitting the water with a splash... Maybe you'd work out in your head how you would hide underwater, dash up the shore while the Nazis switch out their MG42 barrels, how you would circle around and hit them from behind. But, realistically, I wonder if any single man from the first five boats to land survived the battle.

[GhostHunter]

Men who when lacking the tank support they were promised improvised and used their only weapon: infantry, against heavily armed German bunkers. These were the type of men we can all look back upon in total envy, for these, were true heroes.

[nemafakei]

We will remember them.

[thomas]

don't laugh at my french: ;)

Nous rapp

[Vanguard3000]

Here's to all the brave soldiers who fought on D-Day - Allied and German alike.  They all fought for their cause, whatever we may think of such causes.

(And no, that wasn't an invitation for a debate.  This thread is for the soldiers as men - not adjuncts of leaders and causes.)

[Acriku]

They all did their duty, and that's what counts. They were truly soldiers.

[Andrew]

Don Cherry said Canada won D-Day. ;)

[otheymzefedaykin]

Thanks to Canadians, the D-Day was a success.. ;)

Thanks to De Gaulle to make French people hope....

"Les chefs qui, depuis de nombreuses ann

[otheymzefedaykin]

Here's to all the brave soldiers who fought on D-Day - Allied and German alike.

[Caid Ivik]

Most Germans fought for their land, as well as did any other ones. It didn't have to mean they were "forced" by anything else than war itself. However, ideology of their leaders wasn't to defeat enemy nations, they wanted to destroy them.

[thomas]

And when he gets to Heaven

[ordos45]

A day late, but its a rather fitting quote.

"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"

-- Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)

[nemafakei]

In America do you hold a minute's silence at 11am on 11 November each year, at which point it is customary to recite that poem? That is the tradition here.

[Andrew]

Canada has the Flanders Field poem.

http://www.ww2n.com/iff.shtml

[ordos45]

Unfortunately not a tradition here.  At least I've never heard of it if there is...We (Americans) tend to have short memories.  (Although 63% of British teens don't have a clue as to who Churchill was...I wonder how many American teens would know Roosevelt?)

[bryorama]

As they say on Medal of Honor:

"You don't play, you volunteer..."

[otheymzefedaykin]

Unfortunately not a tradition here.

[Dunenewt]

Most British Teens know who Churchill is!

He won Greatest Briton, lol

[otheymzefedaykin]

De Gaulle said that he was the true winner of WWII.... :O