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Daily Mail: The destruction that followed D-Day: Stunning before and after images show how northern France recovered from the months-long battle when the Allied bombardments and paratroopers forced the Nazis out
* On June 6 1944, wave upon wave of Allied troops poured onto the beaches of Normandy to hails of Nazi fire
* Bombers thundered through the sky to rain devastation on the towns and cities of Normandy in the attack
* Hundreds of civilians were killed and ancient architecture destroyed by the infernos which lit up the night
* And the settlements of northern France were further blown to pieces as battles raged in months of fighting
* Seventy-five years on photos from then and now allow a glimpse into the violent liberation of Normandy
Stunning before and after images show how northern France has recovered from the months-long battles which followed D-Day when Allied bombardments and paratroopers forced the Nazis out.
Warships, bombers, rubble, refugees. That was the Normandy landscape of 1944, as Allied forces fought to wrest France from Nazi control.
Today, the region's towns and beaches are startlingly calm, as still-grateful residents prepare to welcome veterans commemorating 75 years since D-Day.
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WNU Editor: The 75th anniversary is coming up.
More French civilians were killed on D-Day than Allied troops.In the 2 months of fighting in the Battle of Normandy over 20,000 French civilians were killed. The Nazi's used them as human shields.
ReplyDeletePales into insignificance with U. S conduct in nam. Nazi, GI,Russians same shit different war.
DeleteMostly all just men doing what they have to do with a handful of psychopaths thrown into the mix
A New Openness to Discussing Allied War Crimes in WWII
ReplyDeleteD-Day may have been the beginning of the end of Germany's campaign of horror during World War II. But a new book by British historian Antony Beevor makes it clear that the "greatest generation" wasn't above committing a few war crimes of its own.
Correct, even bomber Harris is a war criminal if Victor's justice is applied, or the crew of the enola gay, sorry we were just following orders doesn't cut it when you claim the moral high ground whilst stomping on civilians corpses to get there.
DeletePlease show me where Allied troops lined up women and children and shot them down like dogs! Take you're moral relativism and shove up you're mothers rear end!
ReplyDeleteMy Lai ring a bell?, at a time when we supposedly knew better, when they weren't following orders . A is right, everything to do with war reeks of Victor's justice.
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ReplyDeletecan you cite a source for your claim?
Jackson/fazman
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
World at War 1973 on youtube ,first 5 min episode one is all you need to know about the Nazi savages! An American can go to Vietnam and have a great vacation ,your the people that care about Mylai,LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteMakes no sense., U. S has war crimes left right and centre like most nations did.
DeleteWanna talk about the civilian packed public bomb shelter in desert storm that was no error lol.
An Israeli can have a great holiday in Munich, does that erase the crimes against Jews?
@Andrew Jackson they did not line them up and shoot them, but the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed in terror raids were clearly intended.
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DeleteI smell me some Nazi lovers!
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