D-DAY
Written By: 2nd Lt. Vanhoucke


The Normandy landings, also known as Operation Neptune were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 AM British Double Summer Time (GMT+2). In planning, D-Day was the term used for the day of actual landing, which was dependent on final approval.

The assault was conducted in two phases: an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, American, Canadian and Free French airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France commencing at 6:30 AM. There were also decoy operations mounted under the codenames Operation Glimmer and Operation Taxable to distract the German forces from the real landing areas.

The operation was the largest amphibious invasion in world history, with over 160,000 troops landing on 6 June 1944. 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved. The invasion required the transport of soldiers and material from the United Kingdom by troop-laden aircraft and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.









As you go about your evening tonight, think of the great sacrifice given by so many men 67 years ago this day on the Northern coast of France. The great Crusade was the beginning of the end for Nazi tyranny over Europe. This was a great factor for the ultimate victory in Europe that was to come.

I respect all that fought that day i am at the moment watching band of brothers that is about the D-Day landing'd

UnlitAssassin wrote:

I respect all that fought that day i am at the moment watching band of brothers that is about the D-Day landing'd

It's been two years since I saw Band of Brothers, I'll look at it again after my examns.

found a site on the internet where you can watch it all for free

UnlitAssassin wrote:

found a site on the internet where you can watch it all for free

I do have them on DVD somewhere, but all my movies are backed up on hard drive too

I watched all 10 episodes of Band of brothers and the movie Saving Privet Ryan for the occaision. Also if anyone wants to watch anything for free go to Fastpasttv.com best site to watch alot of free shows.

I've watched all the Band of Brothers series, as well as The Pacific. I'm a big time history buff so anytime I can see another movie or documentary about the war, I try to watch it.

Thanks for making this

I do the same thing Project I watch to many documentaries on wars threw the ages I loved the pacific last year although I didnt understand the first 2 episodes =] so I read watched the series 3 times just for fun!

i would love to see the pacific just cant find it any where (The Series)

If you have access to Netflix it's on there. It's not on streaming yet so I don't know what you're DVD availability and selection is. I know that the U.S. Netflix selection is great but everywhere else it's subpar to say the least.

projekt3000 wrote:

If you have access to Netflix it's on there. It's not on streaming yet so I don't know what you're DVD availability and selection is. I know that the U.S. Netflix selection is great but everywhere else it's subpar to say the least.

They'll air it on Belgian TV next week.
Well, there are certain sites where you can download them

I havnt got Merckx and can't find how to watch the whole series anywhere

Go to Fastpasttv.com if you wanna watch it for free.