#Normandy invasion

[newyorkthegoldenage]

D-Day services at Congregation Emunath Israel on West 23rd Street, June 6, 1944.

Photo: Howard Hollem et al. for the Office of War Information via Shorpy

[lonestarbattleship]

USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) off Normandy, while boats from USS ANNE ARUNDEL (AP-76) head for the beaches.

Note: the photo has been retouched AUGUSTA's radars, as well as certain items of equipment that appear to have been mounted in the landing boats.

-Information from Navsource: link

Date: June 6, 1944

NARA: 80-G-45720

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

TODAY’S FROZEN MOMENT - 80th Anniversary

June 26th, 1944 - Here were the Seaforth Highlanders… advancing thought the fog and brush in the first days of the Battle of Caen in France, in the weeks after the Normandy invasion…

This was another brutal battle, and this shot always strikes me a bit weird…

The Seaforth Highanlders were an infantry regiment within the British Army … from Scotland…

There is something ridiculous as well as heartening seeing the lead guy for this crew blowing bagpipes as he trudges his men into battle… a sort of medieval ritual applied in modern warfare…

But it sure makes for a nice photo…

(Mary Elaine LeBey)

[deadpresidents]

Are there any notable Presidential speeches you know of that were fully written or prepared but never delivered for some reason? (Such as Nixon’s failed moon landing speech for Apollo 11)

Off the top of my head, I can't think of any specific speeches similar to the undelivered speech prepared in case of a disaster on Apollo 11 (which is still haunting to read even with the knowledge that everybody made it home safely).

Obviously, most Presidents and Presidential candidates prepare victory and concession speeches, but we don't usually see the speech that wasn't needed. Once some time had passed, Hillary Clinton did read the victory speech that she would have given had she not lost the 2016 election to Trump. It was before he was President, but General Dwight D. Eisenhower had prepared a short statement in 1944 to deliver in case the Allied landings on D-Day had failed.

It's not quite the same thing, but I have a fascinating book called Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters That Harry Truman Never Mailed that is a collection of letters and notes that President Truman wrote while angry or annoyed but gave into his better judgment and held back on actually mailing. They are pretty entertaining.

[ablogofcourage]

A mission map of that fateful day 6th June 1944

[victusinveritas]

Photographer with a puppy in Cherbourg France after the German Forces there surrendered - July 1944

LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer WWP-PD

(I did not blur the photo of Adolf, looks like someone got to it first.)

[marvelousmovies]

Normandy Invasion - US Coast Guard Report (1944)

[theglitterdome]

On this day 80 years ago...

The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. The beaches were given the code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD. The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel from eight allied countries. Almost 133,000 troops from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and their allies, landed on D-Day. Casualties from these countries during the landing numbered 10,300. By June 30, over 850,000 men, 148,000 vehicles, and 570,000 tons of supplies had landed on the Normandy shores. Fighting by the brave soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the allied forces western front, and Russian forces on the eastern front, led to the defeat of German Nazi forces.

[eisbar777]

Normandy Invasion

[lonestarbattleship]

"D-Day Hats"

Photographed by Wallace Kirkland for LIFE Magazine, circa June 1944.

LIFE Magazine Archives: 116679014, 116679013, 116679017, 116679016

[thesargasmicgoddess]

Remembering the 4414 who gave their all and grateful to all who served. ❤️

80 years ago today, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. #DDay #OVERLORD #WWII #GreatestGeneration #OnThisDay

[swishyrebootedyt]

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WWII veteran reunites with French mystery woman he met in 1944 - 'I carried her photo in my wallet for 78 years'

A World War II veteran met a mystery woman in 1944 but after a brief interaction, they separated and did not see each other again. Finally, after 78 years, they reunited and recounted the unforgettable moment they shared during World War II. YouTube 99-year-old Reginald Pye recalled the time she met a French mystery woman. Just two weeks after the Normandy invasion in France, 21-year-old Pye saw…

[deadpresidents]

Order of the Day message delivered to Allied forces from General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, prior to the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Évariste Vital Luminais (French, 1821-1896) The Invasion, n.d. Museum of Fine Arts Boston