D-day landings anniversary today

[a1ex2001]

It really is quite sad that so many young either don’t know or care about D Day..

Fewer than half of young UK adults know what D-Day is

The research was carried out to coincide with the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6 this year.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Nearly half of young adults do not know what D-Day is

Calls to better engage public in commemoration efforts ahead of 80th anniversary of Normandy landings as survey reveals worrying statistic

www.telegraph.co.uk

Those (including my grandfather) who fought would be turning in their graves if they saw the UK today

It’s hardly surprising though is it ww2 is rapidly fading into the distant past the survivors are few and far between even the children of that generation are fast disappearing. Inevitably time moves on people live in their time not in the past and the details will steadily be eroded ask how many people know the date of the battle of trafalgar or Waterloo and most will not have a clue. It doesn’t diminish the sacrifice of that generation it is just normal.

 

[adidan]

My grandad was a D-Day dodger.

He wasn't living an easy life in mainland Italy (where he got to after fighting in Africa and Sicily and before heading onto Germany) no matter what the song says.

 

[Uther]

My grandad was a D-Day dodger.

He wasn't living an easy life in mainland Italy (where he got to after fighting in Africa and Sicily and before heading onto Germany) no matter what the song says.

A very overlooked front.

 

[GGizmo]

In my defence the 6th of June was a Tuesday in 1944

I think that's why the start of the ceremonies were held today. Though with all things military the main remembrance will be on a Thursday, which is also the 6th of June.

 

[Minusorange]

In my defence the 6th of June was a Tuesday in 1944

I think that's why the start of the ceremonies were held today. Though with all things military the main remembrance will be on a Thursday, which is also the 6th of June.

It's okay it will be today again on the 6th June

 

[GGizmo]

It's okay it will be today again on the 6th June

I wonder if there will be anything at the cenotaph?

 

[Calpol]

Highly recommend the new BBC Series on D-Day.
The Unheard Tapes
As with a lot of this stuff it's informative, humbling and very sensitively constructed.

 

[dave28]

Sadly for us the Germans had developed and learnt how to use the MG-42 machine gun really well by D-Day and had lots of them.
It is unimaginable to be on a boat and you would have quickly realised that the enemy had serious firepower.

 

[koolpc]

My Dad did talk about the day. He wouldnt talk about the war with my older brothers but when i came along he opened up about bits of it. So proud of the service he gave.

RIP all those that gave the ultimate for our freedom.

 

[Liquid_Entity]

Me grandad was on that boat today, 2nd pic down on the left. 99 years old a few weeks !! Legend !!

edit: on the bbc article I mean

 

[Diddums]

I really need to do some reading about this, I still couldn't tell you what it was all about apart from the general war stuff.


Ask me about Rorke's Drift or the Boer War and I'll colour in every pixel in your imagination.


War sucks no matter how you look at it tbh.

 

[Gerard]

 

[Megahurtz400]

I really need to do some reading about this, I still couldn't tell you what it was all about apart from the general war stuff.


Ask me about Rorke's Drift or the Boer War and I'll colour in every pixel in your imagination.


War sucks no matter how you look at it tbh.

Have you never seen Band of Brothers?

 

[skyripper]

@Diddums Also since you're now down this end of country, take the A3 down to Portsmouth and check out the D-day museum in Southsea

 

[skyripper]

Have you never seen Band of Brothers?

Or Saving Private Ryan.. not to be confused with Shaving Ryan's Privates

 

[Diddums]

Have you never seen Band of Brothers?

Oddly enough no! When it came out I was busy with erm... other things.

@Diddums Also since you're now down this end of country, take the A3 down to Portsmouth and check out the D-day museum in Southsea

Just told my wife we're going there on Saturday, she's keen. Cheers for the suggestion!

 

[Penfold101]

Even though you are early, i do agree.

The thought of relying on anyone these days, to do what those men and women had to do back then, you may as well just surrender.

I dunno actually - given the size of the armed forces these days you end up only having people serving who REALLY want to be there. Most of us will do what is needed to defend the country, it’s just a VERY different landscape to what it was back then. War is a very different beast, with so much of my career spent working against the concept of terrorism and its ideologies, rather than going after specific countries and it being obvious when you’ve won.

I’m an aircraft technician so I’m not out there shooting people and I wouldn’t be storming the beaches, but if it came down to people at my level having to physically defend our shores from hostile invasion you’re god damn right anyone serving would take up the task, from HR to engineer to commando.

The world and the military have changed, but the principle behind serving has not.

 

[Megahurtz400]

Oddly enough no! When it came out I was busy with erm... other things.



Just told my wife we're going there on Saturday, she's keen. Cheers for the suggestion!

Right get started on it this evening, no excuses, especially if you're going to the D-day museum at the weekend!

Despite being from 2001 it's still one of the best TV shows ever made, there's a reason it's got a 9.4 on IMDB. It's practically flawless!

 

[alchal]

My grandad was a D-Day dodger.

He wasn't living an easy life in mainland Italy (where he got to after fighting in Africa and Sicily and before heading onto Germany) no matter what the song says.

Ditto, although he spent a lot of time escaping from German PoW camps (twice !) and fighting hiding with the partisans up north.

 

[D-Ranged]

I dunno actually - given the size of the armed forces these days you end up only having people serving who REALLY want to be there. Most of us will do what is needed to defend the country, it’s just a VERY different landscape to what it was back then. War is a very different beast, with so much of my career spent working against the concept of terrorism and its ideologies, rather than going after specific countries and it being obvious when you’ve won.

I’m an aircraft technician so I’m not out there shooting people and I wouldn’t be storming the beaches, but if it came down to people at my level having to physically defend our shores from hostile invasion you’re god damn right anyone serving would take up the task, from HR to engineer to commando.

The world and the military have changed, but the principle behind serving has not.

I don't mean anyone currently serving in the military, I meant being called up for National Service, and going to have to fight, like they did in WW1 and WW2.