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Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: Airscrew on June 06, 2006, 09:01:13 AM
On June 6, 1944, a date known ever since as D-Day, a mighty armada crossed a narrow strip of sea from England to Normandy, France, and cracked the Nazi grip on western Europe.

May 1944 had been chosen at the conference in Washington in May 1943 as the time for the invasion. Difficulties in assembling landing craft forced a postponement until June, but June 5 was fixed as the unalterable date by Eisenhower on May 17. As the day approached and troops began to embark for the crossing, bad weather set in, threatening dangerous landing conditions. After tense debate, Eisenhower and his subordinates decided on a 24-hour delay, requiring the recall of some ships already at sea. Eventually, on the morning of June 5, Eisenhower, assured by chief meteorologist James Martin Stagg of a break in the weather, announced, “O.K. We'll go.” Within hours an armada of 3,000 landing craft, 2,500 other ships, and 500 naval vessels—escorts and bombardment ships—began to leave English ports. That night 822 aircraft, carrying parachutists or towing gliders, roared overhead to the Normandy landing zones. They were a fraction of the air armada of 13,000 aircraft that would support D-Day.


http://www.britannica.com/dday/browse?browseId=237147
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: ramzey on June 06, 2006, 09:22:24 AM
http://rememberthisday.ytmnd.com/
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: Ripsnort on June 06, 2006, 04:44:14 PM
Sadly, most of the news agencies and radios talk about the "06-06-06" date today, many have not mentioned what impact this day had on freedom 62 years ago. :(

Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: midnight Target on June 06, 2006, 05:31:33 PM
Darned Clear Channel and their darned agenda!
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: gofaster on June 06, 2006, 06:09:40 PM
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Sadly, most of the news agencies and radios talk about the "06-06-06" date today, many have not mentioned what impact this day had on freedom 62 years ago. :(



I noticed this was most prevalent on the rock-n-roll radio stations, which tend to cater to a younger crowd.  

{teen voice ON} That war was, like, soooo long ago, dude.  Like, we've have 5 wars since then! Who cares? Totally! Like, we're in Iraqistan now, man! {teen voice OFF}

I'll be watching Episodes 2 and 3 of "Band of Brothers" tonight, instead of crap on tv.  Although Flix is showing "Cross of Iron" tonight so it'll be a tough call.
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: Debonair on June 06, 2006, 06:11:32 PM
6/6/1944 aint so evil sounding, but 1+9+4+4 = 18 = 3x6 :noid :noid :noid :noid
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: Debonair on June 06, 2006, 06:13:04 PM
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Originally posted by Debonair
6/6/1944 aint so evil sounding, but 1+9+4+4 = 18 = 3x6 :noid :noid :noid :noid


i heard that monty wanted to change the invasion date because of this, but ike was jewish, so he didn't care
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: Hangtime on June 06, 2006, 06:25:07 PM
lol... Ike was not jewish.

hehehehhehhehehh

gawd.. between this and the hitler channel... gawd, didn't anybody ever read a book?
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: Debonair on June 06, 2006, 06:39:07 PM
i'm reading a book now.
its called Ike Was jewish: a Mein Kamf Prequel
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: Angus on June 06, 2006, 06:45:30 PM
My book is "Monty's story: The man who painted better than Hitler and wore the cap for it too"
Title: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Post by: ramzey on June 06, 2006, 06:46:29 PM
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Originally posted by Debonair
6/6/1944 aint so evil sounding, but 1+9+4+4 = 18 = 3x6 :noid :noid :noid :noid


oh man, you are troll with charm ...........