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June 6, 1944

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osugrad21

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This thread is for all the men who fought, and especially those made the ultimate sacrifice, in the most climactic battle of WWII.

My great Uncle was killed on Omaha Beach, but my Grandfather made it through.

There are a number of great sites detailing D-Day..here is a good one

Also, tomorrow, the History channel will have a number of programs detailing the battle.

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Since you guys won't give yourself awards.... there you go. :)

Very, Very intersting stuff. Chilling was also a great way to describe it. I wonder how many guys in those pictures never came back... my guess is most of them. My Grandfather was in WWII but wasn't involved in DDAY, he made it back but I never really knew him becuase he died when I was 1.
 
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Has anybody visited the museum in New Orleans that features the Higgins boats? I'm pretty sure that's what those boats in the pictures were called. I haven't been there, but have wanted to see it. Here's a link:

higginsboat

I did visit some great museums in France a few years ago. One is in Caen, and I also went to the American cemetery right near Omaha beach. Those are legitimate reasons to visit France. :wink2:
 
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yeahh im actually doing this project on Dwight Eisenhower, and half of it is on D-day. Great pics, im probably gonna use some in my presontation. Also kind of a subtle reminder to get back to working and finishing it up.....
 
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Today is June 6th. I was actually going to start this same thread, but 21 beat me to it...although I'm glad to see that others here have the same sentimentalism and appreciation that I do. History buffs such as myself probably know a lot about all the work and energy, including the misdirection and intelligence work, that went into this massive operation, the scale of which had NEVER been seen before in the "modern" world. The loss of life was tragic and still can inspire grief....the cost for this day, and the days that followed, was absolutely, unbelievably sorrowful, and was paid with the lives of thousands of soldiers fighting for a greater good and a belief system that, because of their sacrifice, we are able to question and criticize today. My hat is off to those whose lives were lost, both on this historic day and place, and every other time and place where men rose above their fears to make the ultimate sacrifice so that MY life could benefit.

I know this wasn't taken on D-Day, but I love the symbolism.

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BB73 said:
Has anybody visited the museum in New Orleans that features the Higgins boats? I'm pretty sure that's what those boats in the pictures were called. I haven't been there, but have wanted to see it. Here's a link:

higginsboat

I did visit some great museums in France a few years ago. One is in Caen, and I also went to the American cemetery right near Omaha beach. Those are legitimate reasons to visit France. :wink2:
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BB72, weren't those boats made of wood with a steel door? My grandfathers neighbor was part of the Omaha invasion...great man but could not speek of the battle. After he passed away his wife told us all of his stories...what a great man. The younger generation owes so much to these great men and women.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
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are those bombs about to takeout a shitload of boats? what a great picture.
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What the blimps... those are Barrage Balloons... you can't see it... but they have (or should have) in addition to the guide wires a system of cabling and/or nets hanging from them... this is to discourage enemy fighters from strafing or bombing the landig craft.
 
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Outstanding pictures. Very, very powerful. It's events such as what happened in 1944 that we need to remember. If not for the thousands of Americans, English, and even French who participated in that battle (either with a rifle in their hands or simply ticking away at the telegraph machines), who knows how the world would be, today?

The change in the course of events from that day to this one are unclear, had that battle been a Nazi victory. But I have trouble believing that even a single one of our lives were not affected, for the better, because of that day.

Thanks to 21 and to JW for those photos.
 
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What the blimps... those are Barrage Balloons... you can't see it... but they have (or should have) in addition to the guide wires a system of cabling and/or nets hanging from them... this is to discourage enemy fighters from strafing or bombing the landig craft.
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ah, i didn't think there would be a picture of bombs landing on boats that clear.....but you never know.

how do they work?
 
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Essentially they just hang out there... getting in the way... no fighter pilot (who has any ambition of getting his plane home) is going to dive down between those balloons and cables or else he's going to get tangled up... so they hae to stay higher than the balloons to attack, which makes strafing and dive bombing more difficult... it also gives ground antiaircraft fire a bigger advantage because it limits the attack angles opposing sircraft can take, so you can set up your fields of fire at the the edges of the balloons (more or less)... Anyway, I think in this case the balloons were more of a hindrance due to the lack of a Luftwaffe presence on D-Day.. (there was overwhelming allied air superiority, and only maybe one or two- at any rate, very few- german aircraft attacked the beach/armada)... and I beleive that they were cut down pretty soon because the balloons were good targets for German artillery spotters in that if they saw a balloon they knew there was a ship under it to shoot at.
 
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