NORMANDIA: Hace 67 años

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U.S. troops disembark from a landing vehicle on Utah Beach on the coast of Normandy, France in June of 1944. Carcasses of destroyed vehicles litter the beach. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



U.S. Soldiers march through a southern English coastal town, en route to board landing ships for the invasion of France, circa late May or early June 1944. (Army Signal Corps Collection/U.S. National Archives)



General view of a port in England; in foreground, jeeps are being loaded onto landing craft - in background, larger trucks and ducks are being loaded, June 1944. (U.S. National Archives)



The sight of a low-flying Allied plane sends Nazi soldiers rushing for cover on a beach in France, before D-Day June 1944. The aircraft was taking reconnaissance photos of German coastal barriers in preparation for the June 6th invasion. (AP Photo)



Coast Guard Flotilla 10 tied up along with British landing craft, preparing to sail the English Channel and invade Nazi-occupied France. These landing craft landed U.S. troops on Omaha Beach. (U.S. Army)



German soldiers observe the coast during the occupation of Normandy by German forces in 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



A-20 bombers make a return visit to the Pointe Du Hoc coastal battery on 22 May 1944. (U.S. National Archives)



Allied convoys of ships on the open sea - June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Allied troop carriers near Omaha beach, one covered with a thick white smoke, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



U.S. soldiers approach Omaha Beach, their weapons wrapped in plastic to keep them dry, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)

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Allied forces push through the breakers toward Omaha Beach. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf as they land at Normandy in the days following the Allies' June 1944, D-Day invasion of France. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll)



An A-20 from the 416th Bomb Group making a bomb run on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (U.S. Army)



Aerial view of part of the Allied force off the coast of France, on D-Day, 1944. (U.S. Air Force)



American soldiers wade from Coast Guard landing barge toward the beach at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (U.S. National Archives)



An 88mm shell explodes on Utah Beach. In the foreground, American soldiers protect themselves from enemy fire. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Heavy smoke spreads from the dunes littered with barbed wire, after an explosion near Cherbourg, France. Two soldiers huddle behind a wall. Photo taken Summer, 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



U.S. soldiers rescue shipwreck survivors on Utah Beach, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Aerial view of the Normandy Invasion, on June 6th, 1944. (U.S. Air Force)



Thirteen liberty ships, deliberately scuttled to form a breakwater for invasion vessels landing on the Normandy beachhead lie in line off the beach, shielding the ships in shore. The artificial harbor engineering installation which was prefabricated and towed across the Channel. 1944 photo. (AP Photo)

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U.S. soldiers land on Utah Beach, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Above Omaha Beach, a German-placed bomb hangs on the side of a cliff, as a defensive measure. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Allied soldiers, vehicles and equipment swarm onto the French shore during the Normandy landings, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Photo taken on D+2, after relief forces reached the Rangers at Point du Hoc. The American flag had been spread out to stop fire of friendly tanks coming from inland. Some German prisoners are being moved in after capture by the relieving forces. 8 June 1944 (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Two U.S. soldiers escort a group of ten German prisoners on Omaha Beach, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



American soldiers on Omaha Beach recover the dead after the D-Day invasion, June 1944. (U.S. National Archives)



Gliders towed by C-47 aircraft fly over Utah Beach bringing reinforcements on June 7th, 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Three U.S. soldiers take a rest at the foot of a bunker which the Germans have painted and camouflaged to look like a house. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



The corpse of a German soldier, in front of a bunker overlooking the coast, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



A U.S. soldier scans a French beach with his binoculars, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)

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Allied tanks on the move near Barenton, France. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



In a farm courtyard, U.S. soldiers discuss an attack plan, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



U.S. soldiers move inland from the beaches of France, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



American soldiers crawl toward shelter on a street Saint-Lo, France. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



View of the station and destroyed town of Saint-Lo, 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Wreckage Of A Republic P-47, Which Crashed During The D-Day Invasion, Lies On The Battle-Scarred Beach Of Normandy, France. 22 June 1944.



The liberation of Saint-Lo, Summer 1944, allied jeeps and soldiers among the ruins. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



Bodies of U.S. soldiers are attended to in the French countryside, Summer 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



French townspeople lay flowers on the body of an American soldier. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)



On June 5, 2010, parachutists land near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, during the D-Day celebrations to mark the 66th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 allied landings in France

[Alonso Quijano]

Muy buenas Curri!

pero la Historia Militar tiene que estar en el foro de Historia...

te lo muevo allí...

[Curricán]

Ufff me encuentro con esto....

Creo que Normandía esta muy sobre valorado por la historia. Tomando en cuenta que el Ejército Rojo destruyó el 90% de las divisiones alemanas en la 2da GM y las divisiones presentes en Normandía al momento del Día D, se componían por los remanentes de aquellas destruídas.

[Fray]

Ufff me encuentro con esto....

Creo que Normandía esta muy sobre valorado por la historia. Tomando en cuenta que el Ejército Rojo destruyó el 90% de las divisiones alemanas en la 2da GM y las divisiones presentes en Normandía al momento del Día D, se componían por los remanentes de aquellas destruídas.

Pero infravalorada de verdad. No digo que no lucharan, que se jugaran la vida y muchos de ellos murieran por la libertad (de los Pirineos para arriba, porque nosotros no les debemos nada) pero como allí lucharon americanos, pues siempre están con Normandia, el Dia D y todo esto, cuando llegaron a Europa al final de la guerra, y ante una desgastada (pero aún capaz de plantar cara) Alemania

Eso sí, de los rusos, que llevaban 4 ó 5 años luchando contra los alemanes, de esos ni mú. Y esos que perdieron millones de los suyos, entre civiles y soldados. Los rusos sufrieron mucho, sobre todo en las primeras fases de la guerra, cuando los nazis empezaron a sitiarles ciudades