Re: WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:34 am
Today is the 70th anniversary of the flag being raised over Iwo Jima.
Misspelled "Bill O'Reilly" there. . .Merkin wrote:
O'Reilly was on an adjacent island.ghostwhitehorse wrote:Misspelled "Bill O'Reilly" there. . .Merkin wrote:
Which flag raising? The real one or the staged one?Chicat wrote:Today is the 70th anniversary of the flag being raised over Iwo Jima.
Why do we consider World War 2 the world's biggest tragedy?scumdevils86 wrote:70th anniversary of VE day. Amazing. Not long before anyone who participated in the biggest tragedy of human civilization first hand will be gone.
For wars WWII had the most casualties right? I've seen estimates ranging from 40 mil to 85 mil with a mean of about 58 mil right?scumdevils86 wrote:60 million people dying....
azgreg wrote:Here's a nice piece on VE day with some pretty good pics.
http://dailysignal.com/2015/05/08/victo ... ars-later/
Oh man it has been over10yrs for me now. Just rent a car and start driving from place to place - that was my favorite part. Soaking up what the area looked like when it was the front. The cemetery is amazing. Spent about 5hrs there reading headstones and the murals. There was a museum that was good as well, I'll try and dig up the name. Mont St Michel isn't far and worth the trip. Stay the night there if you can. I'll also try and figure out which beach was my favorite, it's not obvious when you are there - or wasn't back then when none of us had smartphones etc.UAtrue wrote:I'm tooling around England right now and will be in Normandy 6/11 through 6/14 before swinging down the coast. Anyone with some good suggestions to see some WW II sights? Figure we'll see the American cemetery and a beach or two.
threenumberones wrote:Oh man it has been over10yrs for me now. Just rent a car and start driving from place to place - that was my favorite part. Soaking up what the area looked like when it was the front. The cemetery is amazing. Spent about 5hrs there reading headstones and the murals. There was a museum that was good as well, I'll try and dig up the name. Mont St Michel isn't far and worth the trip. Stay the night there if you can. I'll also try and figure out which beach was my favorite, it's not obvious when you are there - or wasn't back then when none of us had smartphones etc.UAtrue wrote:I'm tooling around England right now and will be in Normandy 6/11 through 6/14 before swinging down the coast. Anyone with some good suggestions to see some WW II sights? Figure we'll see the American cemetery and a beach or two.
Surprised? How 'bout all the Nazi's, many of whom were involved with the "final solution" we let into the country to work and eventually retire?
He was convicted of murdering 300,000 people and got . . . . . 4 years in prison.Chicat wrote:'Accountant of Auschwitz' trial: Oskar Gröning admits guilt
Former SS guard at Nazi death camp also tells court in Germany that he has no right to ask for forgiveness
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... mits-guilt
Most people have dusty exercise equipment in their basement. A 78-year-old man in northern Germany had a World War II Panther tank.
At least 20 soldiers with modern tanks spent nine hours working to remove the vehicle from a home in Heikendorf, BBC reported July 3.
Local authorities were told about the tank after colleagues from Berlin investigated the home for stolen Nazi art, BBC reported.
The town’s mayor said that local residents recalled stories of the man driving it through town over 30 years ago. Its weapons systems have been disabled.
“He was chugging around in it during the snow catastrophe in 1978. I took this to be the eccentricity of an old man, but it looks like there’s more to it than that,” said Mayor Alexander Orth, BBC reported.
The website Der Tagesspiegel reported that a torpedo and an old anti-aircraft gun were also confiscated by authorities.
photos like the one on the left are often slow-burners for me.Merkin wrote: