D-Day. June 6th 1944

[Asid]

D-Day

On June 6, 1944, the Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history.




During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.

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[Frankie]

Germans troops reckon brave Canadian Bagpipe Warrior
of Scottish origin as "dummkopf", thus sparing him on D-Day

William "Bill" Millin (14 July 1922 – 17 August 2010),
commonly known as Piper Bill, was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat,
commander of 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day. A 1994 interview.

A 1984 interview with Pegasus Bridge in the background.

Lesson learnt: it pays to play the pipes.

[Frankie]

D-Day famous photographs in living colour - brought to life pixel by pixel

Copyright: Marina Amaral

More from: https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3733959/d-day-landings-colourised-photos-marina-amaral/

Background information: Marina Amaral is a Brazilian colorist. She specializes in adding color to black and white photographs pixel by pixel using Photoshop through a process of careful historical research to determine the colors of each object pictured...Her process of colorizing a photo can take as little as an hour or more than a month to complete. Wikipedia.