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#DDay76 - #OTD Mon 12 June 1944 - the Breville Gap was finally closed, helping to secure the Allied left flank. The village of Breville had been a constant thorn in General Gale’s side, with the Germans launching repeated attacks through this gap in the line between the 6th... 
... Airborne Division and 1st Special Service Brigade.
One attempt to try and capture the village had already been repulsed, it proved a costly failure for the men of the 5th Black Watch. On the night of 12th June, the men of the 12th Parachute Bn and D Coy 12 Devons were...
One attempt to try and capture the village had already been repulsed, it proved a costly failure for the men of the 5th Black Watch. On the night of 12th June, the men of the 12th Parachute Bn and D Coy 12 Devons were...
handed the unenviable task of taking Breville.
Forming up in the village of Amfreville, the men of the 12th Parachute Bn had been briefed in the village’s church before moving up to the assault start-line. And as the Devons joined them, the shelling commenced.
Forming up in the village of Amfreville, the men of the 12th Parachute Bn had been briefed in the village’s church before moving up to the assault start-line. And as the Devons joined them, the shelling commenced.
Although the #DDay landings at Normandy were primarily a US Army operation US Marines were present & participated in various combat and supporting roles prior to, during & after the landings. Photo: Marines display a captured Nazi flag during the invasion of southern France. 1/3
After the outstanding performance of the US Marines during WWI, Army leadership did not want a repeat performance of Marines upstaging the Army again at Normandy. Marines were held back from participating directly in the landings on June 6, 1944. However... 2/3
We continue our #DDay76 commemoration.
In a D Day radio address 76 years ago tonight, FDR told us "we shall prevail." And that is again an important message for our Nation in these trying times. We shall prevail.
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In a D Day radio address 76 years ago tonight, FDR told us "we shall prevail." And that is again an important message for our Nation in these trying times. We shall prevail.
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We, as a Nation, must listen, learn, and improve - and have empathy and compassion for each other - and we will prevail.
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As our D Day commemoration demonstrates, this great Nation prevailed when the world was faced with tyranny.
[pic: @101stAASLTDIV Paratroopers w/ captured Nazi flag on June 6, 1944]
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[pic: @101stAASLTDIV Paratroopers w/ captured Nazi flag on June 6, 1944]
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If you were on one of the Amphib Landing Ships the morning of the D-Day invasion, this is what you would have been staring down. Many troops were killed by machine gun fire before they hit the beach. 4400+ Allied Troops were killed on this day alone defending against evil.
3. And these from Omaha Beach. U.S troops assaulted Omaha and Utah beaches. British assaulted Gold & Sword. And the Canadians assaulted Juno Beach.
Today is of course the 76th anniversary of D-Day. War artist (and mater children's boom illustrator) Edward Ardizzone travelled with British troops as the D-Day invasion took place, sketching on the landing craft as the men prepared to hit the beach.
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Before the war Ardizzone wrote and illustrated the first book that would bring him to fame: Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, published by Oxford University Press. Post-war he did many Penguin covers for children's books.
But in 1940 Edward Ardizzone began to work full-time for the War Office as an official war artist. He followed the British Expeditionary Force to France and covered it's retreat through Dunkirk.
#6GIUGNO 1944 - #DDay
Lo SBARCO IN NORMANDIA, una delle più grandi invasioni anfibie della storia, dà il via all'Operazione Overlord: l'obiettivo è stabilire una testa di ponte Alleata in Francia, dalla quale procedere per la liberazione dell'#Europa. #DDay76
Lo SBARCO IN NORMANDIA, una delle più grandi invasioni anfibie della storia, dà il via all'Operazione Overlord: l'obiettivo è stabilire una testa di ponte Alleata in Francia, dalla quale procedere per la liberazione dell'#Europa. #DDay76
L'impressionante numero di mezzi e uomini Alleati impiegati nello Sbarco in Normandia il #6giugno 1944. #DDay #DDay76
Prima di essere catturata dai nazisti il #4agosto 1944, Anna Frank fece in tempo ad apprendere, via radio, la notizia dello sbarco in Normandia. Ne scrisse nel suo Diario: «Si sta avvicinando la tanto anelata liberazione [...] ho la sensazione che siano in arrivo degli amici»
