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No................no he's not. This is not the cenotaph..............no one has taken a shit in Westminster Abbey.
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D Day 6th June 1944
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No................no he's not. This is not the cenotaph..............no one has taken a shit in Westminster Abbey.
Pretty pink fairy
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let's not forget the German casualties either? 12th SS division, mainly young lads who put up stiff resistance dying for what they beleived in, be that right or wrong
Pretty pink fairy
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caen the anvil of terror !
A day I always take time out to remember and either read about or watch some documentaries on. TOnight there is a brand new documentary on about the Canadians at Juno which I am looking forward to seeing. Nothing but the highest respect for anyone who fought in D-day and the war in general.
Surrey Seagull
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Hope we get the program over here soon Peever...enjoy the show! Never hear much about the Canadian at Juno in tv shows here.
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Seagull on the wing
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Life has'nt changed much has it,we are paying respects to the veterans and it ends up with posters slagging each other off...the 2nd WW had Patton hating Montgomery,Admiral King USN not employing the convoy system and hating the British yet they all managed to work together.
Full respect to all who laid down their lives,including the forgotten Merchant seaman.
Full respect to all who laid down their lives,including the forgotten Merchant seaman.
IndependentWSU
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Admiration and Respect
DT Withdean
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Let's never ever forget the unarmed civilians and pow's murdered by the SS. Man for man, the Wehrmacht weren't so brutal by far, generally.
Yeah! Let's not forget the Waffen SS !
the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division that destroyed orator-sur-glane killing all the towns inhabitants for no reason at all.!!!!
Yeah mate!
I for one won't forget the SS c u n t s !!!!
Pretty pink fairy
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12TH SS had nothing to do with that but did fight in normandy that's my point 
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f*** the german casualties, they shouldnt have started something they couldnt finish should they.
and all planned at Southwick . well, Southwick Park
Casualties on the British beaches were roughly 1000 on Gold Beach and the same number on Sword Beach. The remainder of the British losses were amongst the airborne troops: some 600 were killed or wounded, and 600 more were missing; 100 glider pilots also became casualties. The losses of 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach have been given as 340 killed, 574 wounded and 47 taken prisoner.
The breakdown of US casualties was 1465 dead, 3184 wounded, 1928 missing and 26 captured. Of the total US figure, 2499 casualties were from the US airborne troops (238 of them being deaths). The casualties at Utah Beach were relatively light: 197, including 60 missing. However, the US 1st and 29th Divisions together suffered around 2000 casualties at Omaha Beach.
The total German casualties on D-Day are not known, but are estimated as being between 4000 and 9000 men.
Casualties on the British beaches were roughly 1000 on Gold Beach and the same number on Sword Beach. The remainder of the British losses were amongst the airborne troops: some 600 were killed or wounded, and 600 more were missing; 100 glider pilots also became casualties. The losses of 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach have been given as 340 killed, 574 wounded and 47 taken prisoner.
The breakdown of US casualties was 1465 dead, 3184 wounded, 1928 missing and 26 captured. Of the total US figure, 2499 casualties were from the US airborne troops (238 of them being deaths). The casualties at Utah Beach were relatively light: 197, including 60 missing. However, the US 1st and 29th Divisions together suffered around 2000 casualties at Omaha Beach.
The total German casualties on D-Day are not known, but are estimated as being between 4000 and 9000 men.
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Excuse me Normal Bob how dare you call me a Prick especially as I started the thread in honour of the fallen, I merely agreed with a poster on the state of our country since European Union ties etc etc imho. I will not even bother to respond in the manner used by yourself to 3 posters including myself.Unlike L'oreal your just not worth it !
I think about 20,000 French civilians too.
Mostly killed by us when we flattened caen, saint lo, falaise, lisieux
There wewe only an estimated 300 Germans in Caen before DDay and tet 800 people were killed as a result of the naval and aerial bonbardment in the first two days . Caen's polulation of 60,000 was reduced 17,000. Allied bombing caused 100,000 residents of Calvados to become refugees
(DDay, Beevor p147)
an d to make matters worse, it was the WRONG Oradour.
the company commander, whose death the Waffen SS were avenging, had been killed at Oradour-sur-Vayres, some 15 miles away
Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!
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Didn't Montgomery request/order the carpet bombing of Caen, leading to the resulting demolition and all the tortuous street fighting, loss of life, delay to Op'n Goodwood etc - and with Stalingrad as a recent example to study?
If only the Falaise gap had been closed a few days earlier - if only.
His approach to the Market Garden or Antwerp port option later that year is also interesting - such a cautious and methodical operator previously too. Ego perhaps, jealousy/resentment of Patton, loss of face if he'd pulled MG at the last minute or just the wrong choice?
Dandyman
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12TH SS had nothing to do with that but did fight in normandy that's my point
As part of the Waffen SS Division. Several cases of war crimes have been proven to have been committed by the men of the division. Between 07 June 1944 and 08 June 1944 around 156 Canadian soldiers were executed, by the SS, following their capture south of Caen. Their murders, and the consequent search for justice, is well documented. In addition two British soldiers, from the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, were also murdered during the killing of Canadian prisoners.
Always telling to see you insulting our dead by arse kissing Nazi murderers.