"D DAY"..("75 YEARS ON")
Yeah................... They Are Long Videos................................ But They Are Something....................... You Really Should Watch When You Have The Time..........The Boys Back Then?....(And Thats All They Were Really)... Gave Their All For What We Have Today....................Watch It And Remember"Great Britain Really Put... "Its All"... Into This
"And France Did A Wonderful Job Of Showing Their Appreciation"
And Thanks To Stringman For Putting Up These Videos For Me
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For sure one of the worst days
(He Said Afterwards)......"Because I Knew Most Of Them Werent Coming Back"
Did you see some old vets maybe for first time , when media got a hold of them they knew right questions to ask
I felt a bit mad at media, I think they should salute these men, they were children when they went to war, and in my book for sensationalism they made old men cry
Thanks for vid stringman I watched this one.
"The war will be won or lost on the beaches. We will have only ONE chance to stop the enemy and that's while he is in the water...The first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive. For both us and our enemy it will be 'Der Längste Tag'". (The Longest Day)
- German Field Marshall Rommel
General Eisenhower's D Day message...
"Maybe All You People That Hate America"
"Should Listen To The President Of France...Mr Macron"
(On The Last Video)
"And What He Had To Say About America"
"Before He Honored Those Five Aging Surviving Americans"
"With France's Highest Honor"
("The Kinight Of The Legion Of Honor")
(Thank You Mr Macron)...............................
"And Miss Reddy"
"For Your Positive Input"......................
"And Of Course To Our Very Own"
"Mr
"And All His Input He Has Given Us To See".....................
"Though We May Differ In The Political Arena?"
"In The End?"....."We Are Both.........Still Americans"
"Sorry About Your Brother Mr Ooby"
"And A Thank You To Him"
"For His Contribution ..... For Our Freedom... We Have Today"....................
"They Edited Out One Word"
"It Was During The Re Eneactment Of The Argument Between The Weather Forecasters"
"And General Eisenhower"..(For They Had Used The Actual Words That Were Said On That Day)
"General Eisenhower Had Said The Word..."F---ing"....... During The Exchange"
(Right In Front Of Everybody...And The Queen!)
(I Wonder What The Queen Had Thought?)
"But Then Again....I Can Only Imagine The Words That Might Be Being Used"
"Behind Closed Doors........ In Buckingham Palace"......................
"In France?"
"Every American Soldier Who Died On D Day And The Following Weeks?"
(Almost 10,000 Of Them)
"Has A........ "Sponsor Type Family"...... That Has... "Adopted Them"
"Each Family Has A Picture Of The Fallen Soldier In Their Houses"
"And Attends To The Maintenance Of The Grave Site"
"France?"..."Is Truly.... A Grateful Country"....................
"Is A Military Term Which Stands For"
("The Day...On Which An Important Operation Is To Begin")
("Or Meaning?".... "That A Change Is About To Take Effect")....................
"What You Wrote About What Rommel Said?"...."Was Dead On"
"June the 6th?"..."Was Rommel's Wife's Birthday"
"So ...After Seeing That The Weather Would Not Be Cooperating For A Possible Allied Invasion?"
"He Went Home For Her Birthday"
"And Because No One Could Do Anything Without The Fuhrer Approval?...Rommel?..Upon Learning Of The Invasion?"..........."Was Powerless"...(Though He Did Rush Back Right Away Upon Learning Of The News)
"For Rommel Had Two Divisions Within Range That...If He Was In Charge At That All So Important Moment?
"There Is No Doubt....That Rommel......Wouldve Thrown The Allies Back Into The Sea"
"But "The Fuhrer?......Who Always Slept To Mid Day At The Least?"
"Was Sleeping....And Nobody Dared To Awaken The Fuhrer"
"And In General?"
"Once The Allies Got A Grip On A small Piece Of French Soil?"
"The War?"...(In General Terms?)........."Was Over"
"Just As Rommel Had Predicted".......................
"Of The 16 Million American Men Who Served"
"During World War Two?"
"There Were 496,977 Still Alive"
"As Of 2018"....................................
"He Helped Out Immensely In Finding "Survivors"
"And Stood There For 12 Hours...................... Until The Survivor Was Rescued"
"Canada Lost 42,000 Dead"
"And 55,000 Wounded"
"Canada Certainly Did Her Share"...........................
"That Story Of The Cricket?"
"Was Used In The Movie"
"The Longest Day"
"And Sal Mineo Paid The Price"......................................
"Which Allowed His Men To Gain The High Ground"
."He Later Went On To Become An Actor"
"Youll Remember Him Being On The Very First Star Trek TV Series"
."As The Famous Recipient Of.......("Beam Me Up Scotty!!")......................
"On August 15th 1944?"
"He Had Just Taken Up His Position As Action Was Going On Around Him"
"When He Hit In The Right Leg By Mortar Shrapnel"...."This?"...Ended His Military Carreer".
.
"You Might Remember Him As... "Ed Norton".... On The The TV Comedy..."The Honeymooners"
"Arthur William Matthew Carney"...Received The... "Purple Heart"..........
"If Ever There Was The Reason To Eradicate These Barbaric Acts?"..."This Was One Of The Reasons"
"It Mustve Been One Helluva Sight"
"When They Liberated The Concentration Camps"
"This Couldve Fueled Some Sort Of Anger Im Sure"..........
"Were Long Over Due For That Next World War Thats Coming"
"And I Dont Think Its Very Far Off".................
"If Theres Anything Ive Not Added...Because I Could Fill Up Everything"
"Please Feel Free To Find Fault With"
"What The Allies Did"....................................
As I pointed out in my first comment I don't take sides I just give Facts..
I've been in a war zone and know that nothing is really like we are told, both sides always commit attrocities.
As you said also the german troops were mostly unaware of why they were fighting and just trying to stay alive, exactly the same as our troops on D-Day
"Of The 90,000 Germans Who Surrendered In Stalingrad?"
"Only 5,000....Ever Returned Home".............................
"When One Does Not Know How To Respond?"
"One Remains Silent"
"Because Youve Experienced War...You Think You Know It All"..."You Dont"
"I Have Experienced War Too My Fine Friend"
"But That Doesnt Mean I Know It All"
"Ive Learned To Speak Only When I Can Be Sure To Counter Back"
"(Which You Seem To Lack).......................