Thursday, June 9, 2011

Remembering D-day - the big picture

June 6th, the 66th anniversary of the successful 1944 Allied invasion of France. Several operations were combined to carry out the largest amphibious invasion in history - over 160,000 troops landed on June 6th, assisted by over 5,000 ships, aerial bombardment, gliders and paratroopers. Thousands of soldiers lost their lives on those beaches on that day - many thousands more would follow as the invasion succeeded and troops began to push German forces eastward, eventually leading to the Allied victory in 1945. Collected here are some photographs of the preparation, execution and immediate aftermath of the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy, and a few images from 2010.



12 comments:

  1. Great post! it is very important to remember d-day to know what our grandfathers or great-grandfathers fought for.

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  2. Saved pictures # 2, 4, 9.
    How glorious were are fathers?
    Kind of odd number 6th jun and 66th anniversary..

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  3. Woah much respect to them! Followed.

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  4. I always loved playing the D-Day in video games. Great photos btw.

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  5. the look on the face of the guy in the 10th photo is just pure emotion. it's a great photo.

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  6. Very interesting information, I'll be sure to follow you.

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  7. Thanks for honoring D-day, keep the respect alive for those soldiers. These photos are great, btw.

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  8. Not that I'm glamorizing it, but this was THE war, you know, when there was a definite good and evil... well, sort of.

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  9. My neighbor hit the beach that day. At least once a week I will sit outside with him and smoke cigarettes and listen to his war stories. Those guys went through hell.

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  10. Wow look at #6 it really show wow chaotic it was!

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  11. Wow, amazing war photos... seriously fantastic.

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