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Remembering D-Day

  • Splinter
  • June 6, 2019 at 7:00 AM

There are 9 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 2,800 times. The latest Post (February 22, 2024 at 7:09 PM) was by Rice.

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    • June 6, 2019 at 7:00 AM
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    Here are some links to sites for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

    D-Day in colour

    https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/05/d-d…TA5WIGC4HLUn22M

    BBC

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48536906

    https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-48525358

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • June 6, 2019 at 12:35 PM
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    That first photo, of the landing boats with the hatch door opening at the end of the boat, greatly reduced the time disembarking troops would be exposed to enemy fire. They were called Higgins boats, after Andrew Higgins of New Orleans, who designed them.

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    • June 6, 2019 at 12:40 PM
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    That first photo, of the landing boats with the hatch door opening at the end of the boat, greatly reduced the time disembarking troops would be exposed to enemy fire. They were called Higgins boats, after Andrew Higgins of New Orleans, who designed them.

    That's a good point, that hadn't occurred to me before.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • June 6, 2019 at 1:00 PM
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    In the US, the formerly named National D-Day Museum, now the expanded National WWII Museum, in New Orleans provides a phenomenal, highly educational experience. Located off of Andrew Higgins Boulevard, it opens with a lobby filled with tanks, planes, and other wartime vehicles including the now-famous Higgins Boat.

    The Telegraph’s article on how the D-Day landings formed the lasting “Special Relationship” :

    https://premium.telegraph.co.uk/newsletter/art…paign=DM1027162

    (If anyone is paywalled, I’ll be glad to provide the whole article.)

  • Splinter August 12, 2021 at 5:33 PM

    Moved the thread from forum Art, Culture and History to forum Art, culture and history.
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    • November 13, 2022 at 1:23 PM
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    Remembrance Sunday observed in the UK with King Charles laying a wreath at The Cenotaph.

    Remembrance Sunday: King leads nation as UK falls silent to honour war dead
    Thousands of veterans march past the Cenotaph in a ceremony to remember the nation's war dead.
    www.bbc.com

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    Thank you for posting this, Splinter . We owe them so much.

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    • November 14, 2022 at 2:19 PM
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    1919

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    • November 14, 2022 at 7:17 PM
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    Very dignified tribute to the fallen, the first year after the armistice was signed.

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    • February 22, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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    I've been to many of these places in Normandy and it's a grim reminder of what was and in fact, still is, in some parts of the world.

    Normandy Then and Now! #normandy #france #thenandnow #beforeandafter | D-Day History | The London Metropolitan Orchestra · Main Titles from the HBO Miniseries Band of Brothers (Instrumental)
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    My husband’s older cousin was a paratrooper who died on D-Day. It is absolutely unbelievable that the Allies, against all odds, prevailed.

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