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  1. Jim
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    Sword Beach: The assault by the 8th Brigade

    The assault by the 8th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, on Sword Beach was somewhat similar to the US 4th Infantry Division at Utah, landing along...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 26, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: Sword Beach
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    Juno Beach 6th June 1944

    At Juno Beach, the preliminary naval bombardment was not as effective as hoped, and a later Royal Navy survey concluded that only 14 percent of...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 26, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: Juno Beach
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    Bloody Omaha

    Omaha Beach was the only landing area where the outcome was ever in doubt. The fighting raged for 18 hours, concentrated around the "draws," the...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 24, 2007, 30 replies, in forum: Omaha Beach
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    Invasion Drills

    A German infantry squad takes part in invasion drills prior to D-Day. The troops in the background are installing steel beams used to block the...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 18, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: Hitler's Atlantic Wall
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    German coastal artillery batteries in range of the D-Day beaches

    The coastal artillery along the Normandy coast was designed to provide interlocking fire. It should be noted that the only batteries illustrated...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 17, 2007, 4 replies, in forum: Hitler's Atlantic Wall
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    The H677 heavy enfilade 88mm gun casemate

    One of the most fearsome types of defensive emplacements on the D-Day beaches was the H677 gun casemate, armed with the massive 88mm PaK 43/41...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 17, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: Hitler's Atlantic Wall
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    The Vf600-SK 50mm gun emplacement

    One of the most common gun emplacements along the Normandy coast was the open gun platform for the 50mm pedestal-mounted gun. This type was...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 17, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: Hitler's Atlantic Wall
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    Sniper

    My Gramp told me only a few of his wartime exploits before he past away, the most suprising one is of a sniper on D-Day. As his unit of Royal...
    Thread by: Sitting Duck, Feb 13, 2007, 10 replies, in forum: War44 General Forums
  9. Dave War44
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    David Niven

    [IMG] "Young man, you did a fine thing to give up your film career to fight for your country. Mark you, had you not done so − it would have been...
    Thread by: Dave War44, Feb 12, 2007, 14 replies, in forum: Celebrities and Entertainment From WWII
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    Audrey Hepburn

    Audrey Hepburn (4th May, 1929 – 20th Jan, 1993) was an Acaademy Award-winning Belgian-born British actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage...
    Thread by: Dave War44, Feb 10, 2007, 8 replies, in forum: Celebrities and Entertainment From WWII
  11. Jim
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    Pointe du Hoc

    On June 6th 1944 an international coalition attacked Nazi occupied France along the Normandy coast. Supported by paratroops, soldiers landed on...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 9, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: Pointe du Hoc
  12. Cabel1960
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    James Doohan

    Dont know if this is the right place to post this. ::der: James Doohan, played chief engineer on the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star...
    Thread by: Cabel1960, Feb 7, 2007, 6 replies, in forum: Celebrities and Entertainment From WWII
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    What if?

    If there had not been a war in the east against Russia, what is your views on what would have happened in the west when the invasion occured? I...
    Thread by: Cabel1960, Jan 29, 2007, 25 replies, in forum: War44 General Forums
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    The blitz and New Perspectives

    One of the most enduring images of Britain at war is that of bombed cities and towns, the destruction and devastation caused by aerial...
    Thread by: Jim, Dec 11, 2006, 0 replies, in forum: The Blitz
  15. Kelly War44
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    Britains Last Witch Trial.....

    At first look, this story may seem strange. Stick with it. Amazing... In 1944, medium Helen Duncan became the last woman in Britain to be...
    Thread by: Kelly War44, Dec 6, 2006, 2 replies, in forum: War44 General Forums
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    The First V1 Falls on London

    There are times when one finds oneself eye witnessing history, yet not fully realizing the implication of what one saw at the time. Such an...
    Thread by: Jim, Nov 29, 2006, 1 replies, in forum: War44 General Forums
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    The 30th Armoured Brigade

    The 30th Armoured Brigade commanded by Brigadier Nigel Duncan and was equipped with crab flails. Its three regiments were the 22nd Dragoons, the...
    Thread by: Jim, Nov 12, 2006, 2 replies, in forum: Allied Motorised Weapons
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    Hobarts Funnies

    Major General Sir Percy Hobart Percy Hobart joined the Royal Engineers in 1904 and then in 1906 transferred to the engineers in the Indian Army....
    Thread by: Jim, Nov 11, 2006, 13 replies, in forum: Allied Motorised Weapons
  19. Kelly War44
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    Massacre at Graignes

    After the clear channel flight, the skies had clouded over Normandy. Pilots carrying Hinchliff's unit, the 507th Regiment of the 82nd, had to take...
    Thread by: Kelly War44, Oct 28, 2006, 5 replies, in forum: Massacres and Atrocities of the Second World War
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    Exercise Tiger

    In late 1943, 3,000 local residents in the area of Slapton had been informed by the British Government that they must evacuate their homes as part...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 14, 2006, 2 replies, in forum: War44 General Forums
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