Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Normandy Landings - D Day
Today, 6th June , is the anniversary of the "Normandy Landings", called D Day.
Shortly after midnight 24,000 American, British and Canadian airborne troupes, parachuted behind German defensive lines.
At 6.30 AM, the largest ever amphibian invasion landed on the Normandy coast, and were met by heavy defensive fire. The Allied Forces lost in excess of ten thousand men, while the German defenders had to count only about 1000 of their dead soldiers.
A number of grievous mistakes on the part of the defenders made the inevitable success of the Allies less costly in human lives.
Late in August of 1944 all of Northern France had been liberated from Nazi occupation.
The "Normandy Landings" have been called "The Beginning of the end of World War II.
Shortly after midnight 24,000 American, British and Canadian airborne troupes, parachuted behind German defensive lines.
At 6.30 AM, the largest ever amphibian invasion landed on the Normandy coast, and were met by heavy defensive fire. The Allied Forces lost in excess of ten thousand men, while the German defenders had to count only about 1000 of their dead soldiers.
A number of grievous mistakes on the part of the defenders made the inevitable success of the Allies less costly in human lives.
Late in August of 1944 all of Northern France had been liberated from Nazi occupation.
The "Normandy Landings" have been called "The Beginning of the end of World War II.
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Back again.. jiggedy - jog
We had a wonderful time at our 65th Jubilee of our Senior Matriculation.
I will not show you pictures of 84 to 85 year old ladies and gentlemen, none of whom you would know. Suffice to say, that out of the original 24 there were only 8 left and, as one of the survivors said: "The rockets are hitting closer and closer."
On the way home we stopped for a moment so that I could take some pictures of corn flowers and an occasional poppy.
I will not show you pictures of 84 to 85 year old ladies and gentlemen, none of whom you would know. Suffice to say, that out of the original 24 there were only 8 left and, as one of the survivors said: "The rockets are hitting closer and closer."
On the way home we stopped for a moment so that I could take some pictures of corn flowers and an occasional poppy.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Illegally parked Cop Car ?
I must ask :
Is this cop car being towed because it is illegally parked ?
Maybe in front of the Medical Centre ?
Or a fire hydrant ?
Or did it suffer a break down ?
nervous or mechanical ?
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Oh well, Just another mass killing !
It was the middle of May 1945.
World War II was officially over and many thousands of German friendly Croats were fleeing from the Yugoslav ( mostly Serbian ) forces, and Partisans (freedom fighters) in order to surrender to the British Army, which had liberated Carinthia from the Nazi-German occupation.
The British directed that these Croat soldiers should surrender to Tito's Yugoslavia, who, in fact, had promised treatment becoming to Prisoners of War.
Although, it is said, that the Croats had carried white flags of surrender, a mass execution, without any trial whatever, commenced, concentrated in a field, just outside of Bleiburg.
Today it is almost impossible to determine the actual numbers of those killed in this massacre.
The Croats, for reasons of their own, greatly exaggerate the number of victims, while the Serbs, again for their own reasons understate them equally drastically.
Independent investigation (if there is such a thing ) have arrived at 30,000 killed.
Mostly men, but also some women and children.
Each year, on or about the 15th day of May, Croats come to Bleiburg to commemorate this crime.
This year there were 16,000 who arrived in several hundred buses and many private automobiles, remembering their dead.
World War II was officially over and many thousands of German friendly Croats were fleeing from the Yugoslav ( mostly Serbian ) forces, and Partisans (freedom fighters) in order to surrender to the British Army, which had liberated Carinthia from the Nazi-German occupation.
The British directed that these Croat soldiers should surrender to Tito's Yugoslavia, who, in fact, had promised treatment becoming to Prisoners of War.
Although, it is said, that the Croats had carried white flags of surrender, a mass execution, without any trial whatever, commenced, concentrated in a field, just outside of Bleiburg.
Today it is almost impossible to determine the actual numbers of those killed in this massacre.
The Croats, for reasons of their own, greatly exaggerate the number of victims, while the Serbs, again for their own reasons understate them equally drastically.
Independent investigation (if there is such a thing ) have arrived at 30,000 killed.
Mostly men, but also some women and children.
Each year, on or about the 15th day of May, Croats come to Bleiburg to commemorate this crime.
This year there were 16,000 who arrived in several hundred buses and many private automobiles, remembering their dead.
Oh well: Just another mass killing !
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