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D-Day was today, 62 years ago. Let's honour those who gave their lives for us. (pg. 2)
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| Dj Smitty20 |
| quote: | Originally posted by simms327
and stupid moves by Hitler...
their are many (well founded I beleive) articles that argue how he could have won easily... |
and thank god he didn't take the advice of his more level headed Generals. I don't know about winning easily, but certainly, invading Russia was his biggest mistake. That, and not being able to put the British out when they were down in 1940.
Both my grandfathers are vets, one was with the 1st Canadian Army in Holland and Germany from late 1944 until 1945. He died in 1978. The other was a Royal Navy pilot, participated in the Mediterranean Theatre from 1942-43 and against the Japanese in 1945 after healing from a shard from an AA shell through his thigh. He has never walked properly since. I have asked him many times how many men he has killed and to this day, he will not say.
Anyway, respect to all these men. We hear it often, but they were the greatest generation in a long time. I doubt we will ever come together like we did from 1939 until 1945. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
This is perhaps the best thing I've seen written about it. |
Wow.
That article is awesome.
Thanks for posting it!! :D |
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| dallastar |
| there's a bunch of the old folks here that went to a dinner appriciation party and just returned (DRUNK!) one of them grabbed my ass! |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by dallastar
there's a bunch of the old folks here that went to a dinner appriciation party and just returned (DRUNK!) one of them grabbed my ass! |
They MUST be drunk then! ;) :p |
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| Clublifexxx |
great post my friend.
We look at what our soldiers did for us back then and i can guarantee half of these so called Canadians don't know anythign about it. They abuse our system and take everything for granted.
Sometimes i think in order to become a citizen of Canada you must do a 2 year military service. I think more people would appreciate Canada for what it is worth.
It's funny on the T.V. today all I saw was that 666 crap...not one thing about D-day...people should have respect...
I thank/pray for those who fought for our freedom. |
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| southbound24 |
| greetings from nycta-great post-embarresed we did not take the time to post this in our thread, love reading all your posts and your download thread, always love our candian bros-ALTHOUGH i do make fun of you guys when I see you at yankee stadium, but its all in good fun. Great post |
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| Miss Bliss |
Great posts! Greetings from NYTA!
Two grandfathers in the war; I will always have them in spirit. One from Moscow, died of his wounds shortly after his daughter (my mother) was born in 1946. The other from southern middle Russia - lived to be 90 with medals of honor from the army. I hope Russians, and all Europeans, Canadians, Americans, etc, will never forget the war.. |
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| VERTiG0 |
It sickens me that more people care about Paris Hilton and certain TV shows and these days.
"Oh but this didn't affect me at all."
Oh is that so, tell me, would you be watching your precious MTV if you spoke German?
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| simms327 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clublifexxx
It's funny on the T.V. today all I saw was that 666 crap...not one thing about D-day...people should have respect... |
it's disgusting isn't it? |
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| yankeeBaby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Grinder
British casualties on D-Day have been estimated at approximately 2700. The Canadians lost 946 casualties. The US forces lost 6603 men.
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Holy shamoly! I knew that we had all lost a lot of men, but the numbers in one day still gets to me.
I always get emotional hearing stories about WWI, whether its because of the enourmous courage stories, or the pain, suffering and inhumanity.
Who knew that humans were capapble of such extremes on both a positive and negative level?? :confused: :( |
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| severnayaprods |
as a citizen of this world...
as a young french...
as a student in history...
as, simply, someone being fascinated by all that happened in the D-Day...
respect to the soldiers who lost their lives in the french shores...
when i came to omaha, gold, juno, sword... 3 years ago... i had something like... thrills, tears... i want to do my 5 next years of studies on the D Day, cause, you know... when you're walking on a beach where, 60 years later, there was this terrible battle... you want to do something
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| dance2dabeat |
thanks cale...this was very ineresting.
I admit..i dont know much about history and the war....I think I have lived in my little bubble for far too long.
thanks for bursting it a bit...I really need to be more educated about this kinda thing. |
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