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D-Day Anniversary

Post by Declan MacPherson » June 6, 2021, 7:28 am

God Bless America and all of their Allies in 1944 that took part in the largest and most successful invasion in the history of the world in order to free Europe.

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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by Khun Paul » June 6, 2021, 11:49 am

Rather God Bless the British, French, Canadians, Americans and many others who together fought the aggressor to a finality leading to Victory. We forget the Americans came in a TAD late and only after they had been bombed by the Japanese. before that it was Great Britain and her Empire fighting most of it .

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Post by Drunk Monkey » June 6, 2021, 11:52 am

Khun Paul wrote:
June 6, 2021, 11:49 am
Rather God Bless the British, French, Canadians, Americans and many others who together fought the aggressor to a finality leading to Victory. We forget the Americans came in a TAD late and only after they had been bombed by the Japanese. before that it was Great Britain and her Empire fighting most of it .
Thats gonna ruffle a few feathers KP .... and after what you just posted on the scathing indictment thread :lol: :lol: love your sense of humour Paul.
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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by mak » June 6, 2021, 11:58 am

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Post by Giggle » June 6, 2021, 11:58 am

Khun Paul wrote:
June 6, 2021, 11:49 am
before that it was Great Britain and her Empire fighting most of it .
... and getting the poo-poo kicked out of them. Here they are, 90,000, surrendering SIngapore to 30,000 Japanese.

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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by Declan MacPherson » June 6, 2021, 12:25 pm

Drunk Monkey wrote:
June 6, 2021, 11:52 am
Khun Paul wrote:
June 6, 2021, 11:49 am
Rather God Bless the British, French, Canadians, Americans and many others who together fought the aggressor to a finality leading to Victory. We forget the Americans came in a TAD late and only after they had been bombed by the Japanese. before that it was Great Britain and her Empire fighting most of it .
Thats gonna ruffle a few feathers KP .... and after what you just posted on the scathing indictment thread :lol: :lol: love your sense of humour Paul.
leave it to that guy to take the anniversary of one day when all allies were involved to bash the United States over when they entered the war . it is what he does in any thread about america .
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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by Armyvet » June 6, 2021, 12:27 pm

Interesting comment Khun Paul. I wonder where we would be if America had just stayed home. After having to intervene in 2 WWs it was more efficient to just keep a quarter million troops in Europe so we wouldn't have to go back a third time.

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Post by Declan MacPherson » June 6, 2021, 12:31 pm

Armyvet wrote:
June 6, 2021, 12:27 pm
Interesting comment Khun Paul. I wonder where we would be if America had just stayed home. After having to intervene in 2 WWs it was more efficient to just keep a quarter million troops in Europe so we wouldn't have to go back a third time.
yes and never mind that the united states was providing arms and ammunition to the allies the entire time before they got in it . I think arsenal of democracy they called it ?
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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by saint » June 6, 2021, 12:34 pm

Khun Paul wrote:
June 6, 2021, 11:49 am
Rather God Bless the British, French, Canadians, Americans and many others who together fought the aggressor to a finality leading to Victory. We forget the Americans came in a TAD late and only after they had been bombed by the Japanese. before that it was Great Britain and her Empire fighting most of it .
In fairness Declan did include the allies . Without the American equipment and manpower the invasion would never of taken place . Lets not forget the supreme commander was also American and the Americans took the most loses on Omaha beach , which was mostly as a result of their bombers missing the beach before the invasion by miles , resulting in no cover for their troops , and their floating tanks sank because they launched in too heavy a swell , too far out .

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Post by Shado » June 6, 2021, 1:30 pm

Quite an arsenal at that.

"Once the United States entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Axis cause was largely doomed. America mobilized 12 million soldiers — about the same number as did the Soviet Union, despite having a population of about 40 million fewer citizens.

American war production proved astonishing. At the huge Willow Run plant in Michigan, the greatest generation turned out a B-24 heavy bomber every hour. A single shipyard could mass-produce an ocean-going Liberty merchant ship from scratch in a week.

In just four years, the United States would produce more airplanes than all of the major war powers combined. Germany, Japan, Italy, and the Soviet Union could not build a successful four-engine heavy bomber. America, in contrast, produced 34,000 excellent B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s.

By 1944, the new U.S. Navy had become the largest in the history of civilization at more than 6,000 ships. Its B-29 heavy bomber program and Manhattan Project efforts together cost more $50 billion in today’s dollars.

America sent troops throughout the Pacific islands, and to North Africa, Italy, and Western Europe. The United States staged two simultaneous bombing campaigns against Germany and Japan while conducting surface and submarine campaigns against all of the Axis powers.

At the same time, the U.S. supplied the Soviet Union with 400,000 heavy trucks, 2,000 locomotives, 11,000 railcars, and billions of dollars worth of planes, tanks, food, clothing, and strategic resources. By 1943–44, the U.S. also supplied about 20 percent of Britain’s munitions.
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Post by AlexO » June 6, 2021, 2:36 pm

Never mind the idiots trying to make pathetic political points.
By this time on June 6th 1944 (1430H Thai time) the first allied waves were fighting on the shores of mainland Europe, suffering huge losses in the massive efforts to free the West from Nazi tyranny.
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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by Khun Paul » June 7, 2021, 6:39 am

Declan MacPherson wrote:
June 6, 2021, 12:31 pm
Armyvet wrote:
June 6, 2021, 12:27 pm
Interesting comment Khun Paul. I wonder where we would be if America had just stayed home. After having to intervene in 2 WWs it was more efficient to just keep a quarter million troops in Europe so we wouldn't have to go back a third time.
yes and never mind that the united states was providing arms and ammunition to the allies the entire time before they got in it . I think arsenal of democracy they called it ?
Yes they did and the Lend lease programme made many rich and meant the UK was paying that back for decades.

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Post by Khun Paul » June 7, 2021, 6:43 am

I knew many D Day veterans and still communicate with their families, it was a gamble , brilliantly executed notwithstanding the loss of life initially , eventually won a War that had affected many countries throughout the world. Those lost will never be forgotten.

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Post by Declan MacPherson » June 7, 2021, 7:02 am

https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/06 ... ion-n72858
A D-Day Letter From a GI to His Bride Highlights the Resilience of the Greatest Generation
Grandpa’s June 7 letter, though noteworthy because of the event it references, is also emblematic of the Greatest Generation. They were a newlywed couple in their early 20’s facing an extended separation, war, and an uncertain future, and he found a way to mix lighthearted everyday experiences with his friend Frank in with romantic assurances that he was going to be okay.

Even from 7,000 miles away he was simply a husband doing all he could to protect his wife – while working to “liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.”
God Bless America and the Allies who fought that day to turn the tide in the war against the Nazi socialists and fascists.
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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by Khun Paul » June 7, 2021, 10:41 am

noosard wrote:
June 7, 2021, 7:04 am
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Here here and well said !

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Post by tamada » June 7, 2021, 11:18 am

Khun Paul wrote:
June 7, 2021, 6:39 am
Declan MacPherson wrote:
June 6, 2021, 12:31 pm
Armyvet wrote:
June 6, 2021, 12:27 pm
Interesting comment Khun Paul. I wonder where we would be if America had just stayed home. After having to intervene in 2 WWs it was more efficient to just keep a quarter million troops in Europe so we wouldn't have to go back a third time.
yes and never mind that the united states was providing arms and ammunition to the allies the entire time before they got in it . I think arsenal of democracy they called it ?
Yes they did and the Lend lease programme made many rich and meant the UK was paying that back for decades.
The United Kingdom paid off in full on December 29, 2006, two days early (to avoid the weekend).

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Post by Shado » June 7, 2021, 1:40 pm

"During World War II the Government was again forced to borrow heavily in order to finance war with the Axis powers. By the end of the conflict Britain's debt exceeded 200 percent of GDP, as it had done after the end of the Napoleonic Wars.[5] As during World War I, the US again provided the major source of funds, this time via low-interest loans and also through the Lend Lease Act. Even at the end of the war Britain needed American financial assistance, and in 1945 Britain took a loan for $586 million (about £145 million at 1945 exchange rates), and in addition a further $3.7 billion line of credit (about £930m at 1945 exchange rates). The debt was to be paid off in 50 annual repayments commencing in 1950. Some of these loans were only paid off in the early 21st century. On 31 December 2006, Britain made a final payment of about $83m (£45.5m) and thereby discharged the last of its war loans from the US.

By the end of World War II Britain had amassed an immense debt of £21 billion. Much of this was held in foreign hands, with around £3.4 billion being owed overseas (mainly to creditors in the United States), a sum which represented around one third of annual GDP."


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Re: D-Day Anniversary

Post by Shado » June 7, 2021, 2:03 pm

tamada wrote:
June 7, 2021, 11:18 am


...The United Kingdom paid off in full on December 29, 2006, two days early (to avoid the weekend).

"The last payment was made on 29 December 2006 for the sum of about $83m USD (£45.5m) to the United States, and about $23.6m USD (£12m) to Canada; the 29th was chosen as it was the last working day of the year.[13][3][14] The final payment was actually six years late, the British Government having suspended payments due in the years 1956, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1976 because the exchange rates were seen as impractical.[15] After this final payment Britain's Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, formally thanked the US for its wartime support.
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