D-Day Remembered....

[Woodman in MO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4p7UQOtU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Estlmedia%2Enet%2F

[okie shooter]

The XM Radio 40's channel is running rebroadcasts of the actual news of the day, all day. Not sure if I can handle the music, but interesting consept.

[Darkwatch]

I will be starting my yearly watching of Band of Brothers tonight.:salute:

[Woodman in MO]

How do you go a whole year without watching it?

[weasel_master]

I've been tempted to buy the series. I've seen a few bits and pieces over the past year but never the whole thing. It seems well worth it.

[Rampager]

My hats off to all those great men involved in the D-Day invasion...true heroes in every respect of the word.

BTW, yes Band of Brothers is a great series and I highly recommend it. Another good D-Day movie, though older and in B&W is the Longest Day. :thumbup:



:America:

[okie shooter]

Rampager, watched the end of the Longest Day a few weeks ago, Read the book a long time ago, but need to catch the movie again. Loved the last scene with Richard Burton, commenting to the american paratrooper, about the german he killed, noticing he had gotten up so quickly he had his boots on the wrong foot. Neat detail, from the book to the movie I imagine.

[SteelCore]

I have a newfound respect and deeper understanding for each unit and branch of service and each county that tossed in on that. It was a closer thing than many would admit.

Dang. Now I have a reason to go to freakin' France someday...to pay homage.:America:

I'll raise the memory cup to those glorious dead who cast their lot on the beaches of Normandy...and paid the Ultimate Sacrifice. Einherjar are never forgotten.

Then, after a moment of respectful silence, I'll kill ze Germans on CoD3!:rockon:

From the Havamal:

Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well

Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The glory of the great dead

[Darkwatch]

How do you go a whole year without watching it?

I generally don't but I make it a point to start it again on june 6th every year. And I have Bridge at ramagen netflix at home tonight too!

[Rampager]

Yes Okie, The Longest Day was a great WWII movie. Actually it was made about the time (60's I think) when Hollywood was just beginning to show war in more realistic terms without the propaganda hype if you know what I mean. It's a long movie, but very good with some great acting. I thought it was neat too as it switched back and forth showing the war from both the American and German points of view.

[nevada]

Time to watch some COMBAT! episodes again while holding my garand.

[Norton]

Yes Okie, The Longest Day was a great WWII movie. Actually it was made about the time (60's I think) when Hollywood was just beginning to show war in more realistic terms without the propaganda hype if you know what I mean. It's a long movie, but very good with some great acting. I thought it was neat too as it switched back and forth showing the war from both the American and German points of view.
I agree with you, The German point of view was presented fairly

I liked the part where the German officer kept looking thru the fog with his binoculars and seeing nothing but fog. Then the armada appears, He tells HQ on the field phone ''there must be 2000 ships out there''.. They tell him get hold of yourself the Allies haven't got 2000 ships between them. As the bombardment starts he sticks the phone out of the window and says " Those 2000 ships you say the allies don't have.. THEY GOT THEM
The other scene with the two German fighter pilots ordered to go shoot up the landing grounds with their two planes, cynicaly asking HQ if it wouldn't be to much trouble to can you tell us where the invasion was taking place..
Then telling his comrade his prospects for that 'long rest' he wanted looked very good. They knew they would not be comming back

[SteelCore]

a bunch on CoD 3! for 4 hrs, hundreds of nazis fell to my virtual wrath, in towns like Poisson, Verdun, and a bit of killin in the fatherland at Eder dam. ( don't think they have a Normandy level) Mostly with bazookas, Thomson, and BAR...tho the 1911 was good for a 20footer kills.:2pistol:

[iocane]

I agree with you, The German point of view was presented fairly

I liked the part where the German officer kept looking thru the fog with his binoculars and seeing nothing but fog. Then the armada appears, He tells HQ on the field phone ''there must be 2000 ships out there''.. They tell him get hold of yourself the Allies haven't got 2000 ships between them. As the bombardment starts he sticks the phone out of the window and says " Those 2000 ships you say the allies don't have.. THEY GOT THEM
The other scene with the two German fighter pilots ordered to go shoot up the landing grounds with their two planes, cynicaly asking HQ if it wouldn't be to much trouble to can you tell us where the invasion was taking place..
Then telling his comrade his prospects for that 'long rest' he wanted looked very good. They knew they would not be comming back


I have a book that mentions that. Can't remeber the name at the moment, its a string of interesting events from World War Two. Planes dropped many little toy versions of parachuters hoping that the Germans would think there was a huge attack elsewhere. That they wouldn't be able to tell the size was wrong just by seeing them fall. The Germans reported to their commanders that the allies were faking a invasion with dummies. So when they got reports of the real parachute landings, they thought it was another fraud.

One story was there was this guy in Britain that they knew was a German spy. Instead of arresting him they made certain where ever he went, he saw a whole lot of troops. When he took a plane trip to Scotland he saw fighter planes continually flying by, they were the same ones flying by over and over again. Another story was of of how the telephone operators in Japan couldn't figure out why all the lines went dead to Hiroshima.

[wandering_ronin]

I caught something on PBS last night, in which they were talking to 5 veterans who were there, and were returning to Normandy. I didn't catch the title, as I missed the first 10 minutes or so. Their stories were compelling, but the most striking moments were at the end. The way these men were greeted by the French made me actually think there may be hope for that country. It was not just the older population either, the gratitude could be seen on the faces of the kids as well. It was quite moving.