D-Day, Let us remember

[behemoth]

To all the boys that died that day on the beaches of Normandy, France.

God Bless.

[Kevmaster]

amen....god bless our troops....past and present


those boys over there on the beaches of france...saved democracy for the world. they truly are the best generation. our generations can only hope to live up to their glory

[behemoth]

If it werent for us, the french would be speaking german. (now they wont support us at all)

Go see "Saving Private Ryan" today, go rent it. Then imagine that one of those guys were you.

[gamarada717]

Tonight in my clans bf1942 match, we're going to line up in pre match, and march around the battlefield, then stop, turn, and fire 3 shots. I think it's a good way to remember and show respect for the men who died.

[fire1811]

the history channel has some great stuff on today

[Konigballer]

yeah gamarada, i'm sure the guys who were slaughtered on Ohmahha or lost their best friends in Normandy would be honored that their scarring wartime experiences have been turned into online entertainment for ya'.

If anything, today would be the day to set aside your clan match out of respect for the REAL battles your countrymen fought and died in durring WW2 and what they did on this date.

[OysterBoy]

Anyone else find it odd they hardly have any meantion of the russians and what they did? They held Moscow for crying out loud, the turning point in the war. More russians died then any allied force. Not saying that our guys were any less of heros, Im just saying, we should be grateful for everyone who fought on the allied side.

[Kevmaster]

yep... the russians lost about 20m troop...thats a LOT!

a lot of factors won the war, but the invasion of Russia sure helped

[nt2004]

yeah the invasion of russia was a huge part of the war. Its one of hitlers worst mistakes and it was also the turning point in the war. You have to understand though that this is America and we are probably going to celebrate what our troops did a little more than what another country's troops did

[Konigballer]

I agree that russia deserves the bulk of the credit, militarily, for defeating the Third Reich.

You simply cant argue the facts about how crucial the Eastern Front was to overall victory. Germany's forces had already lost all chances of overall victory long before we ever hit the beaches, but by opening up the second front we definitely hastened the complete collapse of Nazi Germany.


The Wehrmacht took 80% of its casualties in the entire war on the Eastern Front, period. That was the decisive front in the European Theater. Once you cut through all the flag waving and national pride, that fact alone speaks volumes about the credit the Russians deserve in that fight.

But D-Day is about OUR contribution to victory over the nazis and the sacrafice of our guys. But yes, normally there is not as much credit given to the ruskies in America....but thats probably because we live in America silly

[OysterBoy]

That would be ok, if it weren't for the fact i live in Canada. We are supposed to be some of the most knowledgable () and thoughtful people, and yet we have no idea, the majority of us, what the red army went through. I put Red Army in my MSN cause it looked cool, but then I did a little research. The more I read the more interested I became, and now I am proud to have Red Army in my name, although I realise I could do more to honor the fallen reds. I am polish, so i suppose I owe a lot to them.

[dj89]

my grandmas cusion ways in Dday my famliy was invited to go to the 60 th thing. but i have school .

[Konigballer]

oysterboy, if your Polish, you might not want to have that sickle and hammer in your sig. I would read some more about the Eastern Front if I were you. You guys got the short end of the stick big time by both the nazis and the commies during the war.

Aside from the killing and deportation to Siberia of over 1million people from Soviet controlled areas of Poland and Lithuania from 1939 to the begining of Operation Barbarosa in 1941,you might also want to look up stuff about the massacre of between 4000-5000 Polish army officers by the soviets in the Katyn Forest. The russians did'nt even admit they did it until 1990.

...but then again, the hammer and sickle is a cool looking logo

[OysterBoy]

That's all true, but say Russia had done absolutely nothing, wouldn't it be fair to say we'd have it even worse? I read some stats for the main percentages of religions for the 1940s and I'm almost sure Polan had some 80% Judaism, making them key target for Hitler, no?

[gamarada717]

You know what Konig Baller, my grand father stormed the beach at Normandy, so you can just take your "have fun with an online experience" crap and shut it. You just lost all respect that I had for you.