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Anniversary of D-Day

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fujarome
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Surprised gnartron didn't beat me to it...


Today, june 6, is the anniversary of the landings in normandy that eventually pushed the nazis out of France, and their eventual downfall.


So as a proud french citizen, thank you to the Brits, Candians, Americans, and everyone else who came along to help us out.
Jun 6 2012 12:46PM
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Rodigan
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No worries bro I fuckin love france.
Jun 6 2012 12:48PM
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BMB
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it's also my Mom's birthday
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Jun 6 2012 12:50PM
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manzear
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Great post...+K...never forget those that gave their lives...
Jun 6 2012 12:50PM
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Poems
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I came to post this! Hahaha. But yeah, great day in history. Marks the final push for hitler's europe and it also marks the largest ocean-land invasion in human history. Nearly 156,000 us, Canadian soldiers landed on 5 beaches (Omaha, sword, Utah, Juno, gold) Under operation overlord. Fuck history is awesome.
Jun 6 2012 12:52PM
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iRapeKittens
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I visited Pont Du Hoc and Omaha Beach a few weeks ago, its crazy what happened. The allied soldiers must have been scared to a point we can't even imagine.
Jun 6 2012 12:58PM
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fujarome
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pont du hoc is insanity simply because those cliffs look difficult to climb in the first place, let alone wet, carrying gear, and under heavy fire.


Omaha is intimidating because it's so wide and open.


one of my favorite places in the world is ste mere eglise though. Probably because the main square still feels like it's 1944.
Jun 6 2012 1:02PM
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Gmart
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By Omaha he means jane6
Jun 6 2012 1:03PM
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FerrisBueller
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hahhaahhahahahhhahhahahaha
Jun 6 2012 1:04PM
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I_Am_Mod
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it's pretty cool that they still have a parachute hanging off the church steeple, the little museum in the town aint halfbad either :)

but if you're really doing a tour of the normandy landings, visit the war museum in caen, it's so big !
Jun 6 2012 1:07PM
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howlongcanausern
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world war 2 is so fucking cool
Jun 6 2012 1:12PM
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Peter.
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hurray america
Jun 6 2012 1:18PM
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k-rob
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gonna play some Allied Assault
Jun 6 2012 1:21PM
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Petey.
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lol
Jun 6 2012 1:23PM
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fujarome
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if i could find mine, I would too. Loved that game.
Jun 6 2012 1:46PM
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TechnoPotamus
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yeah son no fuckin sweat as an american i also love the shit outta france. had to kick those nazi baguettes right the fuck out of frenchie land
Jun 6 2012 1:48PM
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cobra_commander
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68 years ago over today, 4500 American, British, and Canadian troops lost their lives to defend the freedom of another country, and all google can remember is that 11 years earlier some kids watched a movie from their car....what a fucking joke.


Jun 6 2012 8:05PM
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LiquorLanch
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Jun 6 2012 8:10PM
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1337
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My grandfather landed on Omaha. He's never really talked about it to anyone in our family though, I'd love to hear what exactly he went through.

It's an incredibly harsh memory to bring back up though, as I'm sure he lost a lot of friends that day. Definitely not going to pry at that can of worms
Jun 6 2012 8:15PM
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MLB
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Visited Juno beach, and Vimy Ridge. My grandfather fought in WWII in the engineering corps. Today brought a tear to my eye.

Thanks to all those young men for laying down their lives for us.
Jun 6 2012 8:31PM
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asfdfads
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also my birthday
Jun 6 2012 8:33PM
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Rachy
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There were bands playing in the street and what sounded like fireworks but it was way too light out. I thought it was strange... cause it's Switzerland. Then I googled and found out the place was bombed and what not, then it made more sense.
Jun 6 2012 8:41PM
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-GL-
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fun fact: D-Day isent really the proper name for june 6th. D doesnt stand for anything actually, d-day is just an expresion used by soldier to represent the day of a certain battle or attack (i.e. d-day is 3 days away) There has been 100s of d-days after june 6th and 100s of d-days since june 6th. A more acurate name would be Operation Overload or the battle of Ohama beach.
Jun 6 2012 8:41PM
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PJS.
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Don't sell your country short op, plenty of Free French soldiers landed as well as American, British, Canadian etc.
Jun 6 2012 8:44PM
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Mr.Panda
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That may be true but for almost everyone June 6th, 1944 is THE D-Day.

I believe the line used for the Airborne guys was "we will be landing in France on D-Day, T-Time" as they didn't know the exact date nor time of the invasion.


"(i.e. d-day is 3 days away)"
Any book you read on the subject describes the days following D-Day as "D-Day + 6" or "D-Day + 3".

There may have been 100s of D-Days before and since June 6th, 1944 but June 6th, 1944 will always be remembered as THE D-Day that fortress Europe got invaded by the Allies in WWII.


I also lol slightly at you saying:
There has been 100s of d-days after june 6th and 100s of d-days since june 6th


"After June 6th" and "since June 6th" I'm pretty sure mean the same thing.
Jun 6 2012 8:55PM
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Miomo
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'Merica
Jun 6 2012 9:00PM
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AWALLRUS.
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respect.

who remembers this level from call of duty 1? best call of duty game imo.
Jun 6 2012 9:05PM
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PJS.
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we only landed at 2 of the five beaches, dumbass.
Jun 6 2012 9:12PM
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TimRiley
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RIP
Jun 6 2012 9:18PM
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Gator
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hahahahhaha
Jun 6 2012 9:22PM
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-GL-
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I didn't mean to be offensive by any means, I just thought it'd be an interesting fact some would like to know. I also agree that june 6th 1944 is THE d-day, and sorry for that gramatical error with the since and after, I think I meant to say before and after. Sorry if people took this in an offensive way, RIP to all those who passed today 68 years ago and to everyone who died in WWII.
Jun 6 2012 9:22PM
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a_burger
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Same with my grandfather, he died a few years ago, but never talked about the war. He did have this cool old German helmet in his basement though. My other Grandfatner was there also, he was one of the paratroopers.
Jun 6 2012 9:49PM
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little1337
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Dumbass.... it was 127,000 people. a quart of blood was donated every 2 seconds according to my SS teacher. Also my grandfather was in D-Day and lived. /claim
Jun 6 2012 9:54PM
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cobra_commander
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I don't really know what to say, other than that you have no concept of WWII numbers.

Jun 6 2012 10:00PM
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Mr.Panda
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How can someone claim something that they had NOTHING to do with?


Oh, my grandma was in Hiroshima the day before the bomb was dropped but had to leave because HER mom got sick so she didn't get incinerated. /claim


See how fucking weird that is.


Congrats to your gramps but people need to stop using this "claim" shit for stuff they had nothing to do with.
Jun 6 2012 10:01PM
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Olimar
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This picture gives me goosebumps everytime i see it. I couldnt even imagine...

Jun 6 2012 10:10PM
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little1337
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I ment 27,000.... my b. It was 6,000 people dying a day throughout the entire war though.
Jun 6 2012 10:19PM
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giantsrock28
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My Grandpa was on the beaches that day, god bless all those that have served and all those that serve today
Jun 6 2012 10:43PM
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