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WW2 Veteran Talking about D-Day Landing on Gold Beach When He Escorted the Landing Crafts

Ray Wilton was just 19 years old when he participated in the June 6th D-Day landings on Gold beach. On that day he served on board a motor launch and was tasked with escorting the landing crafts through the German mines and right up on to the beach to help draw fire away from the landing troops...read more

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"D-Day Invasion: Omaha Beach" - The Most Inaccurate Short Movie Ever Made

Probably you had already watched this movie. It's one of the most short films viewed, more than 5.5 millions views. I don't know which one will be reason. Maybe be that it is starring by boys; or that uniforms, weapons, guns, landing ships, scenes, etc. aren't the same as the ones used in the...read more

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Brilliant Essay of Saving Private Ryan: How Spielberg Constructs A Battle Scene

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war drama film set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, the film is notable for its graphic portrayal of war, and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which includes a...read more

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It was the only tank in the British Army able to effectively defeat the Panthers and Tigers at the standard combat ranges in Normandy

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The Sherman Firefly was a British tank based on the US M4 Sherman. It was used by British and Commonwealth Armies. They were fitted with the powerful British 17-pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon. The Firefly tank was an ordinary Sherman but, in order to...read more

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Impressive Combat Footage of Allied Troops Landing on the Beaches of Normandy on D-Day 1944

Footage of Allied landings in Normandy during Operation Neptune as a part of Operation Overlord. This video shows the fighting for the beaches mainly at Omaha Beach but also the other landing zones are shown.

The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations...read more

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The 21 Best Infographics of D-Day - Normandy Landings

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On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed along a heavily fortified, 50-mile stretch of French coastline in the historic operation known as D-Day. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded on the beaches of Normandy, but by day’s end, the...read more

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Uncovered German Tobruk machine gun emplacement of WWII, long buried in the shifting sands of Juno Beach, Normandy

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On 4th June 2015, dispatches from Juno Beach Centre in France and Nick Logan, Global News, journalist, reported that had been uncovered a German Tobruk machine gun emplacement of World War II, long buried in the shifting sands of Juno Beach. This ...read more

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20 Things about 'Operation Overlord' - Maybe You Don't Know!

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Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1944. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault ...read more

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"Battle of Bloody Gulch", probably, the best scenes of "Band of Brothers" you must see

Episode Three, entitled Carentan, explores Easy Companys participation in the Battle of Carentan. This battle commenced on June 8, 1944, and will continue until the 506th is relieved by the 83rd Infantry Division and Tanks of the 2nd Armored Division on June 27th.

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An amazing D-Day footage in color

It is an awesome footage. Sample images of soldiers on both sides, Allies and Axis, before and after the Normandy landings. In the warships, prior to landing and on land, once past the first most dangerous phases. It shows the liberation of the first French towns and villages, the penetration of...read more

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