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#6Juin1944
Aujourd'hui c'est aussi l'anniversaire de la plus grande opération amphibie et aéroportée de l'histoire du monde.
Ils débarquèrent de Grande Bretagne, des États Unis d'Amérique mais aussi du Canada, d'Australie, de Pologne, d'Irlande, ... et de France
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Aujourd'hui c'est aussi l'anniversaire de la plus grande opération amphibie et aéroportée de l'histoire du monde.
Ils débarquèrent de Grande Bretagne, des États Unis d'Amérique mais aussi du Canada, d'Australie, de Pologne, d'Irlande, ... et de France
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Mais après les massacres des plages d' #UtahBeach, #OmahaBeach, #SwordBeach, #JunoBeach et #GoldBeach allaient suivre 3 mois pour cette #batailledeNormandie.
Des villes entières allaient être détruites et nombre de civils être victimes collatérales de cette libération.
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Des villes entières allaient être détruites et nombre de civils être victimes collatérales de cette libération.
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Aujourd'hui, je pense évidemment aux soldats qui sont tombés mais aussi aux 25.000 civils normands (chiffre que m'a appris il y a quelques années @Jeromeprodhomme à qui j'ai emprunté ces images). A leurs familles respectives.
Et je pense évidemment à ce qui se joue en #Ukraine.
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Et je pense évidemment à ce qui se joue en #Ukraine.
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Today is #DDay #Debarquement #Normandy 77 years after that June 6th 1944, the first step in the Liberation of France and then the push from the west front... 7 years ago we visited the region around #OmahaBeach , some impressions from that trip in my album flic.kr/s/aHsjZmqJt4
Every year is an important memory for all that died in #DDay and in the rest of the battle for Normandy, military and civilians. Years ending in 0's or 5's bring more attention. #OmahaBeach 2014 flic.kr/p/nSat2M
It was like travelling back in time...
1/ 75 years ago today, US forces liberated #Dachau concentration camp. My maternal grandfather #DavidMaxEichhorn, a Jewish Chaplain, was there. I will spend next week documenting from contemporaneous reports what he saw & did.
#NeverForget #NeverAgain
history.com/this-day-in-hi…
#NeverForget #NeverAgain
history.com/this-day-in-hi…
2/Time Magazine reporter Sidney Olsen (1908-1995) was with US troops at liberation. Olson’s account of the horrific conditions at #Dachau was part of the most graphic coverage of the war to date. His family hopes to turn his writings into a book.
time.com/5812523/libera…
time.com/5812523/libera…
@ChinneryRoy @RT_sputnik @georgegalloway @francisbeckett @GayatriGalloway @RT_com @UKLabour I don't believe you've read much history of WW2... if you had you wouldn't have come out with such an uninformed statement!
1st & foremost, George is correct - Britain fought for 2 years on our own & that is what saved the world... & what America conveniently forgets! ...cont
1st & foremost, George is correct - Britain fought for 2 years on our own & that is what saved the world... & what America conveniently forgets! ...cont
@ChinneryRoy @RT_sputnik @georgegalloway @francisbeckett @GayatriGalloway @RT_com @UKLabour 2. There were more '#British' troops landed on D-Day than #American troops.
The #OmahaBeach disaster was the #Americans fault - They screwed up there as they did in #NorthAfrica, #Sicily & #Italy & in the #Pacific at #PearlHarbour on #Tarawa & #Pelelieu & elsewhere. ...cont
The #OmahaBeach disaster was the #Americans fault - They screwed up there as they did in #NorthAfrica, #Sicily & #Italy & in the #Pacific at #PearlHarbour on #Tarawa & #Pelelieu & elsewhere. ...cont
@ChinneryRoy @RT_sputnik @georgegalloway @francisbeckett @GayatriGalloway @RT_com @UKLabour 3. #USNavy CnC Earnest King caused a disaster in the #Atlantic in late 12.'41-05'42 when over 600 merchant ships were sunk in sight of US coast, because he didn't want to take #British Advice.
Of all the #American commanders only #Eisenhower & Marshall were Not Anglophobes! ..ct
Of all the #American commanders only #Eisenhower & Marshall were Not Anglophobes! ..ct
@dancohen3000 @For2000years The Soviet Union's armed forces were responsible for 88% of Nazi Wehrmacht's military deaths - That's nearly 9:10... & gives more reality to weight of combat in the East
We are awash in #USMilitary propaganda about #OmahaBeach & #BattleoftheBulge but the Soviets are forgotten!
We are awash in #USMilitary propaganda about #OmahaBeach & #BattleoftheBulge but the Soviets are forgotten!
@dancohen3000 @For2000years 2. The same applies to fighting #Japan - The Final Battlefield was #Manchuria where the Soviets destroyed a Japanese army of 1M in a matter of days & were threatening to invade Hokkaido when Japan surrendered - This is also forgotten!
#America achieved far less than they claim!
#America achieved far less than they claim!
@dancohen3000 @For2000years 3. Russia did more to win #WW2 than has been told by the west & even the #Japanese are now asking questions.
In reality the Japanese Emperor & Military were more afraid of the Soviets invading than they were of #Nuks.
japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/0…
In reality the Japanese Emperor & Military were more afraid of the Soviets invading than they were of #Nuks.
japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/0…
