6.6. early
Tomorrow is 62th anneversary of D-Day, a day where brute force from all sides clashed like never before. This blog will remember all persons fighting, for whatever reason, nationality or allegiance because in war, there is no victors - only people who survive, and those who don’t.
Pictured (in uniform) is Winters, who later became a major. His journey through D-Day plus 1095 is well documented in book Band of brothers.
Image from http://www.historyplace.com/.
I have always been interested in military stories, not much strategy, but things like tactics and personal stories behind it. I find book Band of brothers very good at describing such events. I’m waiting for Pegasus bridge (same author, Ambrose), and I hope it will be as good.
I once made a list of German/Russian memories from the front, but I never got around. Perhaps this year, depends how money stands.
Uh, Pegasus Bridge. There is a ww2 3d shooter game, I think it’s called Call of Duty ( I have it on my computer, but can’t remember the title, omg:) where you can play the Brits at Pegasus bridge. It is cool, looks very much the same as on photos. And destroying Tiger tanks with a Panzerfaust is even more cool.
Comment by jin — 5 June, 2006 @ 22:14
I’m familiar with both, one and two, although only in multiplayer.
Comment by romunov — 6 June, 2006 @ 4:03
because in war, there is no victors
Au contraire my friend. I would STRONGLY disagree with that, loosing your liberty can be worse than death, remember Maher?
You want an example? Look at the agony which is North Korea today, and look at what joy victory brings, South Korea. Pre war and after war Japan is also one fine example.
I mean, because loosing is hell, we risk millions of lives to prevent it in the first place.
Give me liberty or give me death.
Au revoir!
Oh and about dday, it wasn’t that big of a deal we make it out to be today, Omaha went a little wrong, yes, but all in all it was a smooth operation. Just put the numbers of fallen soldiers in context, and you’ll see that it was a picnic compared to anything happening on Russian battlefields or the ‘everyday’ ddays in the Pacific.
Comment by Piere — 6 June, 2006 @ 8:05
I would argue, that if people want freedom, they rise up, which is fruit of years old sentiment towards some idea (toward freedom).
The king is dead, long live the king, remember?
Comment by romunov — 6 June, 2006 @ 8:49
R u saying that winters is the bloke in the middle of the picture, with his face almost covered in darkness. U said the guy in uniform is winters, to me the guy in uniform on the left looks a lot like General Eisenhower.
Comment by The Skippy Spartan — 8 May, 2007 @ 9:36
The guy in the uniform is General Eisenhower. You can see the stars on his shoulders. Winter’s wasn’t a General so it couldn’t be him.
Comment by sierra — 17 February, 2008 @ 18:06
That’s right, Winters came up to Major and no further (AFAIK).
And yes, D-Day was “minor” compared to the Russian front, dreaded by the Russians and Germans alike. They just don’t get that much press. Hopefully, soon…
Comment by romunov — 17 February, 2008 @ 18:25