Hundreds of thousands of young men scarcly into adulthood invaded main land Europe to rid it of a facist dictator. Let us not forget those who are still with us and the sacrifices they and those who didnt make it made for future generations.
Watched "Fury" yesterday. Some scenes are possibly historically innacurate but you do feel that sense of hate that both the Allies and Axis had against each other. WW2 was dark..
Well said that man and I agree with the honourable gentleman . There have been lots of brave acts by civilians as well as armed forces and whilst still commemorating the fine acts of valour and unselfish sacrifice on the actual anniversary . It is very important that Remembrance Day 11/11 is observed for all these noble people , Remembrance Day is for all civilian or military in whatever conflict or incident imo
Yes, was something that my generation have managed not to see, unlike the 3 generations before us. I have an equal hatred of war and respect for the sacrifices of every one of them. It was probably, the last war that we were involved in that was worth fighting as well.
I read Antony Beevor's book on D-Day earlier this year. There were some very grave young men involved in the invasion and subsequent battles. I have been fortunate indeed not to have been called,upon to defend our freedom. We owe a great deal to the sacrifice of the young men of the first half of the last century.
6/6/44 is a date in the hearts of the elder brethren. And it's an ironic sort of breath of fresh air that we appoint a German coach on this day. By accident. The continentals we meet on holiday (let's face it - we go to see them cos they won't be coming here) are on the whole far more reasonable than blighty types. English are generally the worst. The rest of the British Isles are fine. Anyway, I welcome our new coach and SO want him to do well. If he speaks any English badly I will take the piss. And I won't mention D-Day. It's never the mass of the people, mingling now as they do on holiday or in offices trading, who create the friction. It's the leaders we stupidly vote for.
I can hardly imagine what it was like living through the war. And I can't even begin to imagine what it must've been like to fight. Being sent off to land on an exposed beach while under fire. All that to liberate other people's countries. It was a very hard fought battle and it took almost a year until the place where I grew up was liberated. But D-Day was the beginning of the end and I've always been fascinated by it. The sacrifices made were and still are very much appreciated throughout Europe.
Don't forget, D-Day was also an example of Americans and Germans working together in the past... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ment-spokeswoman-heather-nauert-a8387221.html In seriousness, it was an amazing sacrifice, made possible by the Russians and Germans fighting a war of attrition on the Eastern Front.
I sometimes try to put the war dead into context by reminding myself that the old Wembley held 100,000 people, over 55 million died in the war so that is 550 Wembleys full of people that perished. Five hundred and fifty ! Think on.
Unintended ambiguity I hope. Seriously I'll never forget the opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan for the bloodshed of war. I know it was just film effects but the reality of what the first soldiers who hit land went through was appalling. Many must have known they were walking into slaughter like soldiers had done thirty years earlier.
May I just point out that one of the first men to land on D Day was Bob Midwood. Bob was parachuted behind the German defences with the Pathfinders. He was the very same man who owned Midwood Sports up Shambles Street and lived on Upper Sheffield Road. I'm sure many off the older end can remember him.
