06-06-2007, 01:22 AM
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 | Operation Overlord 63 years ago today. I wonder how many schools will make note of it?
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06-06-2007, 01:52 AM
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| The Dixie Division   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods
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 | Yes, it is still tommorrow for us in the Colonies. It puts a torque in my nose it is ALWAYS called D-Day by the press, etc. Nearly every landing conducted by the US had a "d-day." I suppose it was the same for our allies, but I will not be so bold as to assume that. To me, the Normandy Landings would be a better title. |
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06-06-2007, 02:50 AM
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__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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06-06-2007, 02:56 AM
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__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | ||
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06-06-2007, 08:47 AM
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| Top Moose   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs
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 | Haven't seen anything yet about it on the TV. Maybe the big commemorations of 2004 were enough? We are having coverage of the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands War on our news. Which I am glad to see. As us British have so many wars in our history perhaps it is a good thing we are remembering the more recent ones. WW2 is splipping back into ancient history for younger generations. Remembering the Fallen of our modern wars would be more relevent to them. I still mentioned to my kids what today was, though, of course. |
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06-06-2007, 11:51 AM
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| For all those who never came back, and for those who have left part of themselves there. poppy-field diggerhistory.jpg |
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06-06-2007, 05:44 PM
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06-06-2007, 05:57 PM
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| The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods
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| My children have been out for summer for nearly three weeks, but judging by the activities on other important days, I am sure they would have had good notice of it. They attend a private school that is VERY patriotic. We had a talk about the landings last night at supper. The 5 year old didn't really understand, but the 9 year old did. She asked me several months ago if we could go see the battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) in Mobile. It probably will be just me and her. |
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07-06-2007, 07:28 AM
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You might enjoy this site: U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Alabama (BB 60)
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