asperity Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 What the German defenders saw on the morning of the Normandy landings 6th June: Must have got them thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Scarey sight eh. What are all the black things on the shore line? I zoomed in but they look like blocks or planks of crossed wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 They would be steel girders planted in the sand to obstruct tanks and personnel carriers I should imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Oh of course... 'wake up Dizzy' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Not Spot the ball then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 By a strange coincidence it was also the date of my in-laws wedding. June 6th that is not sure about the year though but may have been close to that Also just been reading an article from the liverpool echo about the last five remaining members of the 106th of shaw street. Out off a compliment of 650 who joined up at the start of the war. The main article is about my wifes uncle who was a driver with the 106th. The full name off which is The 106th lancashire hussars (yeomanry) regiment off the royal horse artillery,TA. The horse bit being the only reason that he joined up and in typical army fashion he never saw a horse the whole time he was in the regiment until he was released from the POW camp and finally arrived home to be demobbed. It has given me a prod to re read his two books of memoirs of his war service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 A brilliant exercise in planning, preparation and deception; had the Germans reinforced this logical line of attack and allowed Rommel to station the Panzer Divisions close to the beaches, it could have ended in tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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