Today is D-Day

[Nic]

Remember the day of our soldiers who died for our country.

 

[Garrett x50 cal]

What?

 

[Nic]

What?

June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, stands for the biggest amphibious (from the sea to the land) attack in military history, known as Operation Overlord. D-Day took place during World War II on the beach of Normandy. The Allies (British, Canadian, and American) attacked Nazi-German occupied Europe. It was very important for the Allied success in World War II, though many men were lost when the beaches were taken over. After that, about two months later, after very hard fighting and many killed, the Allies won. They freed France from the Germans.

Many people think D-Day stands for Decision Day, but it does not, the first letter is just to show the importance of the day.

June 6th is very important to many people because of what happened.

Often a day when a momentous occasion occurs is referred to as "D-Day".

Copy and pasted from Wiki

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Imagine:

 

[Otter]

Imagine:

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My bowels would instantaneously empty if I was in one of those brave soldiers shoes.

Oh yeah, you should put some spoilers around that pic.

 

[Ciaran]

America didn't lose that much in the war :s

And the d stands for destiny... (pretty pompous)

 

[Otter]

America didn't lose that much in the war :s

And the d stands for destiny... (pretty pompous)

They gained actually, in comparison to every other country in that war. It helped pull us out of the Depression because of so much war production that gave many people jobs and is mainly why he U.S. was so prosperous in the 1950s.

 

[Pear]

America didn't lose that much in the war :s

And the d stands for destiny... (pretty pompous)

Right, because 416,800 men is absolutely nothing. Economically, yes the U.S. gained, and we didn't lose our infrastructure like other European nations, but that doesn't mean we didn't pay a hefty price in blood.

And as for the pic Fabio posted, that would be the scariest thing ever. You'd be running straight into a hail of machine gun fire. Just goes to show how brave the Allied soldiers were.

 

[Nic]

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[Mino]

I think it's rather pretentious to say we should remember the soldiers who died for "our country". There were two British and one Canadian landings in Normandy besides our two on D-Day.