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The Battle Of Normandy... Anonymous
anyone have hi-res pictures of the battle for normandy, especially ones that take place on omaha beach?

if so, please post them...

i beg of you...


greatest battle in world history...
>> Anonymous
You are such a stupid faggot.
>> Anonymous
i designed my bands album cover using that picture. so epic.
>> Anonymous
are they even real, i dont know why a soldier would bring a camera to the biggest battle of all of history.
>> Anonymous
>>332720Oh my God you are stupid
>> Anonymous
>>332720
I dunno Sarcasm-Man, possibly b/c it's the biggest battle of all history?
>> Anonymous
some battle, more like a slaughter

almost every plan in preparation of the attack went wrong:
naval bombardment, which was supposed to create craters which could be used as cover, was thwarted by jumpy sailors shooting down their own spotter planes; rockets with the same purpose never reached the shores because the boats were too afraid to get within range; tanks sunk like rocks in the channel instead of helping with the advance

The success at Normandy was bought at a high cost, and only achieved through isolated cases of singular heroism and intuition. The great sacrifices of a collective many had only marginal results.
>> Anonymous
>>332728
gb2 /k/ faggot, nobody asked for a fucking history lesson.
>> Anonymous
>>332728

Actually, the invasion was a huge success, considering it went better than they were expecting it to.

The only heavy combat landing area was Dog-Green. Most of the invasion got off the beach rather quickly, and didn't see much combat til they started engaging German units inland.

Also, to the OP, there aren't very many pictures from the d-day landings because some idiots in a rush to get them developed and printed for newspapers etc., ruined most of the pictures.
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WW2 D-Day aftermath, Normandy in Allied hands, seen from a C-46 Dakota transport.
>> Bat Guano
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D-Day in Normandy, France, 6 June 1944, photographed by Robert Capa.
>> Bat Guano
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The D-Day landing at Juno Beach, June 6, 1944.
>> Bat Guano
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Landing ships unloading at low tide with barrage balloons overhead.
>> Anonymous
>>332761
Nevertheless, the casualty rate was exponentially higher than necessary.

A lot of those men were already veterans of the 1st Infantry Division in Operation Husky and Torch.

Pretty tragically wasted lives down there that day...
>> Anonymous
>>332761
>>332771
Shut the fuck up. This is /hr/, not /k/. Post hi-res images of D-Day or take your warwankery outside.
>> Anonymous
>>332786
i am neither poster, but i just wanted to tell you to "fuck off"

Fuck Off.

Cant discuss images posted? gtfo, little man.
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Found this on archives.gov, smaller resolution but less wacky
>> Anonymous
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I have this photo that a friend gave me a long time ago saying he wanted it on a t-shirt because it looked cool. I don't know how authentic it is or anything like that. It's a decent res although kinda grainy.
>> Anonymous
>only achieved through isolated cases of singular heroism and intuition.

Risible! I smell an American. lrn2logistics etc.
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moar
>> Anonymous
Bob Capa was the primary photographer for the 1st Infantry on Omaha. his darkroom assistant accidentally overdried his negatives and lost all but 10 shots of the 106 taken during the battle.

http://www.skylighters.org/photos/robertcapa.html
>> Anonymous
What's the purpose of the zeppelins?
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>>333108
The balloons are tethered by a cable, making it dangerous for enemy planes to strafe or bomb the beach from low altitude.

Pic: an LCI-326 with a barrage balloon, taking troops to Utah Beach.
>> Anonymous
thank you all, so damn much...

i really, REALLY appreciate these pictures...


i will probably use these to make something along the lines of a memorial wallpaper or something...
>> Anonymous
>>333125
I threw up a bit in my mouth.
>memorial wallpaper
>> Anonymous
>>333101
that fact makes me rage every time i see it
photos from one of the biggest beach landings ever and they get fucked up by an assistant.
>> Anonymous
"...The breakdown of US casualties was 1465 dead, 3184 wounded, 1928 missing and 26 captured...The total German casualties on D-Day are not known, but are estimated as being between 4000 and 9000 men..."

http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/faq.htm#casualities
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>> Anonymous
>greatest battle in TV-History

fixd
>> Anonymous
Normandy was nothing compared to Stalingrad fuckin nothing
>> Anonymous
WWII was nothing compared to the Persian wars fuckin nothing
>> Anonymous
itt: Dumb Americans still believe only they won WWII
>> Anonymous
>>335162
yeah
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>>335263
it was the russains that won the war! they where the first to get into Germany :)
>> Anonymous
russians did most of the work, then us americans came in when the war was almost over...

i hate how we continue to lie to ourselves, thinking we were the best...

i'll admit, we were pretty crucial in a couple of victories, but we still would have had our asses handed to us if it wasn't for the russians, british, and french resistance helping us along the way......
>> Anonymous
commies paid the highest price during the war. that wasn't because they were winning it, it's because of the cannon fodder tactics after stalin had purged most of the competent leadership.

without us aid the ussr would have collapsed in 1942. the world would have been better off.