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Friday, June 06, 2025
The Normandy Landings: June 6, 1944
Between 1939 and 1941, the forces of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany blazed a path of destruction, oppression and murder across the map of Europe and beyond and it seemed his ambition could never be satisfied. The world was his goal. Death was his tool. Only a badly beaten and barely holding-on Britain managed to hold back the tide long enough to guarantee that all of Europe wouldn’t be draped in a flag bearing the Swastika. And yet within three years Britain, Canada and the United States along with survivors from the fallen nations would amalgamate into a single force and in one swift move, drive a dagger into the side of Hitler’s dreams of total, European and ultimately global supremacy. That dagger was driven in on the beaches of Normandy in June 1944 and it would be twisted into a wound that would never close. This is the story of Operation Overlord. This is the story of D-Day…
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If you can, listen to the Trump meeting with Germany's Merz at the White House. When D-Day comes up, Merz claims the Americans invaded to liberate Germany from the Nazi's! As if, the Nazis came from outer space. Even the Germans are claiming to be victims of Hitler.
ReplyDeleteThe Merz crap is here. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1_2heuTltMk
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I should post youtubes here, but this is so galling. All my family was in the war in some way. Nazis were Germans, put into power by Germans, and the Germans had no problems with anything until they started losing. Had they beat Britain, they'd still be Nazis running Germany.
I don't even like how that guy sits holding his knee while talking to Trump.
My dad and most of my uncles fought there, I had 2 uncles that were in the Navy and fought in the Pacific
ReplyDeleteNo doubt they were the greatest generation of this century
JD
Had an Uncle who was in the 1st Engineer Special Brigade. One June 6 many years ago we talked about the landing. He said what you read in the history books is garbage.....He was on the beach the night of the 4th (for the June 5th landing, that was scrubbed) and ended up huddled against a German gun emplacement during the storm until the 6th landing. Survived Europe and was sent to the Philippines. Said the only time He was ever truly scared during the whole war was flying with an Aussie Bush Pilot......Toughest Man I ever knew, all 5'8" of Him. RIP Uncle Bub.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother's brother is buried in the American cemetery in Normandy. 29th Division Utah Beach.
ReplyDelete"Jackson, Mississippi is home to Dutch soil. Walt Grayson for Today in Mississippi
DeleteCedar Lawn Cemetery on West Capitol Street, Section 41 was ceded to The Netherlands by the City of Jackson as the final resting place for Dutch pilots who lost their lives while training in Mississippi during WW2. The pilots buried there are literally buried in Dutch soil.
The Netherlands had been overtaken by Germany early on and The Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) taken by Japan. The military had no country. Our country allowed pilots to train in the U.S. Theirs were open cockpit planes so The South was chosen to host the training with Jackson's Hawkins Field as their headquarters.
Some pilots and trainers died in accidents there and at other bases. All were buried in Jackson. Those killed in combat were, too, buried there. By war's end the total was 30. Later, some men who had trained here wanted a burial with their companions. Time passed and family members wanted to be, too.
They were allies. And they are here, in Dutch soil."
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Section 41 of Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Jackson Mississippi – USA | LandmarkScout
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My father had 2 small bald spots from shrapnel which was never removed. He was buried with that. May God bless our veterans.
~ mississloppigarro
First Wave at Omaha Beach
ReplyDeleteBy S. L. A. Marshall
https://patch.com/new-jersey/ramsey-nj/bp--the-ww-ii-normandy-invasion-6-june-1944-first-wav6b0df285fc#
It hurts to read this.
Thanks that was an interesting read. - Nemo
DeleteGod bless the souls of the Men that had the courage and grit. I consider my self pretty tough after 35 years of working construction but that generation was unmatched. I wouldn't have probably be wearing Depends to even get through it .
ReplyDeleteI ask myself, could you have done this? I like to think I could have but I guess I'll never know. Those were some mighty tough boys.
ReplyDeleteA couple generations later the sons and grandsons of the greatest generation voted to get the people they defeated in Europe into office at home. Sad turn of events
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