June 6th
1944. The beginning of the end of WW2. There are only a few left who participated in this great endeavor and if you have the chance, give them your thanks for a job well done. May those of the greatest generation that have passed on, rest in peace. Bob
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A big day for me. I made the decision to stop drinking alcohol 6/6/1997.
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Mobuck: 30446064306331/comments/30446083680539
A big day for me. I made the decision to stop drinking alcohol 6/6/1997.
We thank you for your sacrifice.
Don
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Yep D-Day. It's hard to even imagine what that would have been like. Many thanks to those who paid the price.
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How one day set the future for mankind .
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My Uncle Jack was there with the 29th, one of the few to survive the war from beach to surrender. My Dad said he was never the same. Cigarettes got him in the end.
The longest day.
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Both of my granddads were in that war. My dad's father never spoke of it. My mom's father was shot in the back and only talked about the issues with walking, and eventually lost the use of his left leg.
Miss them.
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Should have just drop the atomic bomb on Berlin instead. Of course The German military might have killed everyone in occupied Europe in revenge unlike Japan who had little reprisals acts on the this scale, I think the Germans had tons of nerve gas held in reserve.
Of Course The men & women that did give their lives willingly in this war should always be honored and not forgotten.Total war is a curse on mankind where all people become a target on either side. Just look at Ukraine,it's starting all over again.
serf
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^^^Should have just drop the atomic bomb on Berlin instead.
Japan was nuked in August. Germany formally surrendered in June, 1945.
I do believe it would be poor form to attack your adversary 2 months after they formally surrendered.
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Warbirds: 30446064306331/comments/30446054550555
^^^Should have just drop the atomic bomb on Berlin instead.
Japan was nuked in August. Germany formally surrendered in June, 1945.
I do believe it would be poor form to attack your adversary 2 months after they formally surrendered.
Really? Maybe Churchill had it right and go up through Italy instead. Mountain passes may have stop them however.The Russians where pounding the table for a second front. After of course committing WAR crimes in Poland first. My enemies enemy is my friend.
Oh yeah the Germans could have kept the Atlantic wall until the atomic bomb was ready.We were bombing the hell of them already anyway.There fuel problems where enormous also.
serf
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One Uncle was in the Early incursion in to Normandy. Armored tanks.
We went ot Nornamddy when when the family was living in Europe in the Early 1970's. Visited the Final resting places of thounds of US Soldiers.
Dad stopped and took a 8mm film canister and filled it with beach Sand. I later put it in a glass canister and set it on the mantle. I'm thinking it needs to go back someday.
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An important day in history for sure....but there were many others. Partial list, North Africa, Sicily, Anzio, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Peleliu, Guam, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Attu, Okinawa and others.
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If you're ever near Bedford, Va. it will be well worth your time to stop by the D-Day Memorial.
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The Normandy invasion kept the French from speaking Russian. It would have been well after May 1945, but had we not invaded, Stalin would have breached the Atlantic Wall from the east.
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