in history class we were doing stuff on WW2 and i was wondering what d-day was. could u guys give me specific details thanks.
2006-09-12 11:44:04 · 9 answers · asked by dragonboy02nh 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
No hollywood movie can depict the real battlefield.
When I was a Junior in high school, 1944, and returned to school, every Junior and Senior boy were summoned to the audotorium.
We were shown actual battlefield films of the invasion. From the time the landing craft left the ships up to the time our soldiers disembarked from those craft.
The first men to disembark were dead before they hit the water. All who survived were wading or walking on bodies to reach shore. The Germans were not taken wholly by surprise, even though all the "intercepted false" messages by the Germans, led them to think that the invasion would come at a different point. They were still well prepared at Normandy. The carnage on those shores cannot be "acted out" by Hollywood actors.
The films showed the dismembered bodies all along the shoreline. The advance of our brave men against all the fire power that the Germans could muster, from protected bunkers.
About 6 Seniors dropped out of school and joined the military. Juniors were too young.
I already had two brothers and a brother-in-law
in the war. If I had been 18, I would have been there.
One of my close friends joined the Navy. He had three ships sunk from under him. The last was in the North Atlantic. He was in the cold water for about 12 hours among burning oil.
He spent about 6 months in a hospital and was OK, but he was discharged. Any sailor who was sunk 3 times was automatically discharged. He returned to school in my Senior year.
That film was pretty heart rendering. We all wanted revenge.
2006-09-12 12:18:41 · answer #1 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D-Day means Debarcation Day. It was the day (June 6, 1944) that troops from US, England, Canada invaded German occupied France. The invasion took place from the sea and air in a region called Normandy, France. It is important because it established a western front for the Germans to defend. Previously they controlled all of Europe and were only concerned with fighting in the east against Russia. D-Day was the beginning of the end of Germany. I dare you to watch the first 30 minutes of "saving private ryan" to understand the cost paid in young American lives to get France back for the French and to get rid of the Nazis in Europe.
2006-09-12 18:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by Steve P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D-day was the day the Allies stormed Europe at Normandy. The movie Saving Private Ryan was from that period. so was the movie The Longest Day. It was a massive invasion by us of the European continent which was held by Hitler. We won, but at a terrible cost in lives.
2006-09-12 18:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by All hat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
d day, lol, interesting, i know a lot, im a history buff, D-day, (the D actually stood for day) so day day. june 6th, 1944. it was the day that the allies (america & england) invaded German occupied france. They landed in Normandy france. Rent "Band of Brothers" or "Saving Private Ryan"
2006-09-12 18:53:43 · answer #4 · answered by zorro1701e 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rent Saving Private Ryan and then you will geth the full impact of the storm to the beach.
2006-09-12 18:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by Nancy M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are kidding, right? You don't know about the Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII?
2006-09-12 18:47:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
d day, was deee day we landed on the french coast, and started to reclaim our land with the help of our american, canadian and australian brothers
2006-09-12 18:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_day
2006-09-12 18:46:38 · answer #8 · answered by mari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-day
click that if you want to be a d-day expert
2006-09-12 18:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by The Amazing Humdinger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋