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June 6th, 1944 Operation Overlord the Allied invasion of Normandy
In Memoriam
Last edited by ogvh5150 on Jun-07-2005 at 10:48
Jun-06-2005 22:13
St_Andrew
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June 6, also the swedish national day
(although no one really celebrates it...)
Jun-06-2005 22:37
Trancer-X
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R.I.P. to all of the brave young men that we lost on that day.
They are true HEROES in my book!
Jun-07-2005 02:46
Jackson
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RIP Men, you are true Heroes and will be remembered until the end of time!
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Jun-07-2005 10:15
ogvh5150
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Does anyone know someone that told you stories about that day?
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Jun-07-2005 10:50
metalgearsolid
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quote:
Originally posted by ogvh5150
Does anyone know someone that told you stories about that day?
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Jun-07-2005 11:46
ogvh5150
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Not that idiot. I mean real stories.
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Jun-07-2005 21:25
Jackson
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Do you mean do we know people who took part in the invasion?
Or are you asking to hear individuals stories of what happened on the day?
My grandad who died before i was born was in the Desert Rats - 8th Amoured infantry. I think they took part in the invasion, but i know he also fought in Italy which was around the same period (Rome was liberated 2 days before d-day)
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Jun-07-2005 22:45
metalgearsolid
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i have a friend whos grandfather was in the red army. He was only 15 when he entered the war. when the war ended his whole family was dead. His grandpa had a bad life early on.
But then again you werent asking for the eastern front
Jun-07-2005 22:54
ogvh5150
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You mean Operation Barbarossa? I was thinking about doing a thread post on it's anniversary. Hopefully there will be some replies on that come the 22nd.
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Jun-07-2005 23:17
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Not real stories, but I'm an advid fan of WW2 history. I watch the history channel frequentely and read plenty of Keegan, Ambrose, etc., so I've read my fair share of first hand accounts. If you want to see something a bit more commerical (but still very excellent), you can watch the HBO band of brothers series. Every episode is preceded by a first hand account from the soldiers who were actually there that the series attempts to portray.
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Jun-08-2005 06:02
occrider
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quote:
Originally posted by metalgearsolid
i have a friend whos grandfather was in the red army. He was only 15 when he entered the war. when the war ended his whole family was dead. His grandpa had a bad life early on.
But then again you werent asking for the eastern front
Do you know what battlefront he was a part of (Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, etc.)?
