June 6, 1944

[Darts]

Sadly, we are losing more of the WW II generation every year. The insignia below is that of the storied 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles". They fought Nazis in WW II, maintained the peace domestically in Little Rock and University of Mississippi and fought forest fires in Montana.

101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia

 

[seth gecko]

You are aware that Canadians participated in D-day, including Canadian paratroopers, right?

 

[JackBurton]

You are aware that Canadians participated in D-day, including Canadian paratroopers, right?

And that the Canadians achieved all their D Day objectives while the US were stuck at the beach head?

The US is typically years late to wars they haven’t started. WW1&2 they were two years late to the fighting.

 

[Darts]

And that the Canadians achieved all their D Day objectives while the US were stuck at the beach head?

Yes, absolutely. The Canadians (one beach), the Brits (two beaches) and the Americans (two beaches). The Allies also used General George Patton as a decoy. A lot had to go right (especially the lousy weather) to gain that toehold on the beaches of Normandy.
(Canadians also landed at Dieppe years earlier.)
Canada on D-Day: Juno Beach | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Landing at Normandy: The 5 Beaches of D-Day - HISTORY

 

[Darts]

Major-General Richard Rohmer (Ann's father).
Richard Rohmer - Wikipedia

 

[K Douglas]

We are indebted to all those who sacrificed their lives on that day, regardless of nationality. The ultimate heroes. RIP.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Mentioned it before on a similar thread. 50th anniversary of D day a news crew were asking people on the streets if they knew that "today is D day" Pretty much nobody had heard of it. 30 something guy with a skate board said "sorry man. never heard of it".

 

[Darts]

50th anniversary of D day a news crew were asking people on the streets if they knew that "today is D day" Pretty much nobody had heard of it. 30 something guy with a skate board said "sorry man. never heard of it".

I started this thread thinking that there would be no response from any members.

Glad to see some members do know about D-Day and Canada's contribution.

One Canadian soldier's story.
Léo Major - Wikipedia

 

[Robert Mugabe]

I started this thread thinking that there would be no response from any members.

Glad to see some members do know about D-Day and Canada's contribution.

One Canadian soldier's story.
Léo Major - Wikipedia

Yes. I was going to blast you for the screaming eagles reference, which I thought was frankly....inappropriate, however. I am not really qualified to criticize all and sundry.

 

[bemeup]

Among those who landed on Juno Beach 77 years ago today, my father, may he Rest In Peace.

 

[bazokajoe]

National Geographic channel is running documentaries on WW2 all day.
Great footage.

 

[bazokajoe]

Among those who landed on Juno Beach 77 years ago today, my father, may he Rest In Peace.

I for 1 thank your father.

 

[Cantaro]

Among those who landed on Juno Beach 77 years ago today, my father, may he Rest In Peace.

RIP !!

 

[bemeup]

I for 1 thank your father.

Thank you.

 

[Darts]

Yes. I was going to blast you for the screaming eagles reference,

The 101st Airborne is called the "Screaming Eagles". It says so right on their patch.

 

[Cantaro]

 

[mburner]

The French still remember! A rare sunny mid-April day after a night of hard rain: it's 1972, and my girlfriend and I are walking through small Norman villages on our way to Arromanches-les-Bains, the Gold Beach focal point. We're clearly American. As the villages awakened and people saw us walking through, some came out of their homes to say to us, "Merci, merci." Others shook our hands. Or broke into grateful smiles. Twenty-eight years after June 6, 1944, what the Americans, Canadians, British, and Free French did that day was as fresh to them as that refreshing, and very moving, spring day.

 

[northofsixty]

Mentioned it before on a similar thread. 50th anniversary of D day a news crew were asking people on the streets if they knew that "today is D day" Pretty much nobody had heard of it. 30 something guy with a skate board said "sorry man. never heard of it".

On the 50th D Day anniversary I was living close to downtown Ottawa. As I was walking to a D Day memorial service I shook hands and thanked the veterans I saw in uniform including a group wearing the Purple Blazers of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. It was an incredibly emotional moment for me to be able to offer a small gesture of appreciation and gratitude for their service and the sacrifices that their friends and fellow soldiers made.

 

[Darts]

June 7th 1944
After a bloody June 6th, the allies have a toehold on continental Europe. The Western front is now opened. Men (and some women) and material are pouring in.