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At any given time today, let us pause and reflect. What happened
65 years ago. Let us fear and shudder like they did on this faithful day. And thank all of them for overcoming it, for they are brave in charging into battle, on such a frightful sight, to have gained so much, but to have lost so much too.
Brave are the fallen, and the living just lucky. Thank everyone of them. And hope and pray that there will never be another normandy, in any part of this world ever again.
Peace to all!!.
 
spartan71 said:
at any given time today, let us pause and reflect. What happened
65 years ago. Let us fear and shudder like they did on this faithful day. And thank all of them for overcoming it, for they are brave in charging into battle, on such a frightful sight, to have gained so much, but to have lost so much too.
Brave are the fallen, and the living just lucky. Thank everyone of them. And hope and pray that there will never be another normandy, in any part of this world ever again.
Peace to all!!.
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hi spartan71..i have been fortunate enough to visit normandy on several occasions, i can assure you it is all extremely impressive, but nothing is more so than to wander through a war cemetery..british, american, canadian, german..it does"nt make any difference, its all a waste of life, its all very sad!! We all have a great hobby in collecting toy soldiers, but lets not loose sight on reality!!!...remember and respect.

Steve.
 
spartan71 said:
At any given time today, let us pause and reflect. What happened
65 years ago. Let us fear and shudder like they did on this faithful day. And thank all of them for overcoming it, for they are brave in charging into battle, on such a frightful sight, to have gained so much, but to have lost so much too.
Brave are the fallen, and the living just lucky. Thank everyone of them. And hope and pray that there will never be another normandy, in any part of this world ever again.
Peace to all!!.
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Agree with you 100% - let's never forget. I miss my grandfather more on June 6th than any other day of the year.
 
On this day 65 years ago, the best and brightest of the greatest generation sacrified themselves so that we could live. I for one, will always remember, and be grateful.
 
spartan71 said:
At any given time today, let us pause and reflect. What happened
65 years ago. Let us fear and shudder like they did on this faithful day. And thank all of them for overcoming it, for they are brave in charging into battle, on such a frightful sight, to have gained so much, but to have lost so much too.
Brave are the fallen, and the living just lucky. Thank everyone of them. And hope and pray that there will never be another normandy, in any part of this world ever again.
Peace to all!!.
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Amen to that.
 
"We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free."

Vick
 
God bless every man from every nation who on that day gave their lives so we could live in freedom and lifted the curse of the Nazi's from our world.I am returning to Normandy in September and can't wait to place my own tribute on all of those hallowed beaches and landing zones.

Rob
 
I watched a documentary today, 'Bloody Omaha'

It showed the beach (long and totally exposed) and the bluffs (imposing and offering fields of fire that were reminicsent of WWI).

I had not realised how truely exposed Omaha beach was - must have been truely frightening to land there.

Those men, and the others on the beaches, at sea, in the air and the paras were truely brave and heroic - words too often used to describe so called celebs today.

God bless them all
 
I thought I would share this story as this happened to me today, I was sitting in church, and during the time of prayers of the congregation, a visitor who was very old stood up asked for prayers for the men who died on Omaha Beach 65 years ago. He then went on to talk about how many of the men that died on Omaha were his friends, I unfourtanetly didn't get a chance to talk to him after the service as he left immediately after. But when that man talked, I got a feeling as if it were an Omaha veteran speaking. I believe it is appropriate for each and every day, not just on the anniversiary of an historical event/battle to take a moment of silence and be thankful for the sacrifice of the brave men and women of the armed forces who gave their last full measure of devotion for freedom, Lincoln puts it best with these words, "leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom."

Vick
 
Don't forget that while focus on June 6th in France on that same day the Allied forces were pushing north in Italy, having taken Rome the previous day. At the same time another massive invasion force was at sea in the Pacific to invade Saipan. The Japanese would not only ose the Marianas, thus giving the US the bases needed for B29 operations, but their naval response to the invasion would end the IJNs carrier air groups as an effective combat force. The "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" would finish the job that was started 67 years ago at Midway (June 3-7).

Gary B.
 
Ill throw this question into the thread as a kind of side topic if its alright with yall (if not I can move it, no hurt feelings).

This is mostly for our British friends on the board: what is the British opinion of Montgomery? From seeing the movie Patton (amongst others), reading a couple of books on the subject, you kind of get the idea that he was a pompous, overrated leader. But I think a lot of that is from the American point of view. So what do yall think on the other side of the Atlantic?
 
VanguardFC007 said:
Ill throw this question into the thread as a kind of side topic if its alright with yall (if not I can move it, no hurt feelings).

This is mostly for our British friends on the board: what is the British opinion of Montgomery? From seeing the movie Patton (amongst others), reading a couple of books on the subject, you kind of get the idea that he was a pompous, overrated leader. But I think a lot of that is from the American point of view. So what do yall think on the other side of the Atlantic?
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Monty has a special place in our hearts as he gave us our first major victory, a considerable boost to the nation's morale at a time when it was desperately needed. He was heavily influenced by his experiences in WW 1 and was determined that the mistakes made during that conflict should not be repeated, and, as a result, appeared to be a very fussy little man. In reality his fussiness was an obsessive desire to make sure every asset was in place to ensure success. He and Patton were like chalk and cheese, Patton with his gungho, bull at a gate attitude couldn't understand Montgomery's obsession with detail or the reason for it. Patton was prepared for casualties, Monty wanted to prevent them.
But you are right about the points of view, America sees Montgomery as pompous and overrated, we remember him as Montgomery of Alamein, who kicked seven colours out of Rommel's Afrika Corps. America sees Patton as Old Blood and Guts saving Bastogne, over here he is most well known for his ivory gripped pistols and slapping a shell shocked soldier.
 
trooper said:
Monty has a special place in our hearts as he gave us our first major victory, a considerable boost to the nation's morale at a time when it was desperately needed. He was heavily influenced by his experiences in WW 1 and was determined that the mistakes made during that conflict should not be repeated, and, as a result, appeared to be a very fussy little man. In reality his fussiness was an obsessive desire to make sure every asset was in place to ensure success. He and Patton were like chalk and cheese, Patton with his gungho, bull at a gate attitude couldn't understand Montgomery's obsession with detail or the reason for it. Patton was prepared for casualties, Monty wanted to prevent them.
But you are right about the points of view, America sees Montgomery as pompous and overrated, we remember him as Montgomery of Alamein, who kicked seven colours out of Rommel's Afrika Corps. America sees Patton as Old Blood and Guts saving Bastogne, over here he is most well known for his ivory gripped pistols and slapping a shell shocked soldier.
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Excellent post,very nicely put.Rommel was King until Monty arrived and for that reason alone he will always be loved by us,despite some big errors and personal flaws.The same can be said of Patton,moments of genius and drive and poor personal and communication skills.I think we couldn't have done without either of them.

Rob
 
Rob said:
Excellent post,very nicely put.Rommel was King until Monty arrived and for that reason alone he will always be loved by us,despite some big errors and personal flaws.The same can be said of Patton,moments of genius and drive and poor personal and communication skills.I think we couldn't have done without either of them.

Rob
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So true. They were both soldiers, doing what they did best. Oil and water they might have been but both elements were essential, and successful. -- lancer
 
Harris,

This has been discussed extensively on this Forum for many years. If you do a search, I think you'll find some interesting discussions.

Regards,
 
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