D-Day

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During WW2, several weapons were designed for use by airborne troops, including by several different countries. The most common was to cut down the size of the personal weapon. I think Italy re-sized their Carcano rifle, the Model 1938TS (not the Cavalry carbine). The US cut down the Thompson sub-machine gun to make it shorter. The US designed a light, airborne tank in WW2 but it was never actually dropped from the air in combat. The artillery for the US Airborne troops was a 105mm Howitzer that was much smaller in size. The M3 Howitzer had a barrel that was shortned by 27 inches and it was mounted on the sleigh of the M1A2 recoil mechanism from the 75mm howitzer and fitted to the M2A1 carriage of the 75mm. Its charge had less powder and thus had a shorter range but some batteries in infantry division adopted it, also. Then there were new designs in knives, explosives, and other personal effects. The Germans had a pocket knife that the blade slide out (gravity activated not switch blade).

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no joke. it really says that

Wrong: Hundreds of Allied aircraft, from the RAF, RCAF, and the USAAF, were assigned to patrol the beaches ( note proper spelling of beach ) during and after the JUNE 6th landings on the Normandy coast of France. These included fighters, and bombers who were tasked with bombing the German rear areas, to knock out bridges and rail lines, to prevent German reinforcements from coming up to the landing beaches. The fighters were being called in by ground controllers to attack specific German resitance points, with rockets and cannon fire, as well as 250 pound bombs. So, yes, there were hundreds of Allied aircraft over the beaches on D-Day. The ones who were all most completely absent were the German air craft. They were nowhere to be seen. The Germans were only able to launch two fighters to attack the Allied troops on Normandy. German ace "Pips" Priller and his wingman flew one straffing mission over the beaches. He related his account in the book "The Longest Day", which was accurately depicted in the movie.

Those who survived the war, about two thirds of the armed forces, went various routes. About a third dispersed, went home, or were detained briefly and released to make their way in a devastated country. Another third were kept in British/American POW camps. Many of these starved to death and were terribly treated. It is well documented that Eisenhower signed documents denying these POWs basic Geneva protections such as latrines and simple shelters. German veteran support groups for years claimed that several hundred thousand German POWs died in American hands alone. The American government released a supposedly thorough report in the mid 1950's that denied this large number, but did accept that about 10,000 had died of starvation or other mistreatment in American run camps - all after the war. The French took their revenge by enslaving several thousand German men to forced labor at various projects including French coal mines. Here about 5,000 died due to overwork, poor food, etc. (Interestingly the French closed their last coal mine in 2005.) Additionally many German veterans, having few options, joined the French military. Here many fought in Indochina (Vietnam) up until the French collapse in 1954. The worst attrocities against German POWs were pepetrated by the Soviets. Due to Soviet brutality against civilians many German soldiers fought to the death on the eastern front, trying to hold back the barbaric Soviet troops. So few prisoners were taken that Stalin complained to Eisenhower who promptly assisted by turning over some of his POWs to the Russians. About 3,000,000 were taken to Russia after the war. Most ended up in terrible camps - starving, scurvy ridden, working in rags in all weather. Due to starvation rations all the larger men died quickly leading their Soviet captors to joke about the survivors being 'Stalins little ponies'. About a million of these veterans died over three or so years. Some were kept in camps for ten years, until 1955 (after Stalin's death). Reports continue that several hundred thousand were NEVER released, just being gradually worked and starved to death, the last dying out around 1960. 1. The above answer treats all German soldiers as Nazis, as 'Hitler's men'. Even in the Waffen-SS attitudes towards the Nazi r

Skywriting does not reqire a specific type of plane, but for that kind of flying an aircraft with good aerobatic capability is prefered. Steve Oliver and Suzanne Asbury Oliver, a husband and wife skywriting duo, use a DeHavilland DHC-1 Chipmunk. The Chipmunk is a capable aerobat, but not a powerhouse along the lines of a Pitts or an Extra 300. It was designed as a basic trainer for the Royal Air Force, and is a rather stable platform. Steve and Suzanne's Chipmunk is extensively modified for airshow duty. Skywriting has also been done in other similar airplanes such as the Beech T-34. Skywriting is also moving into the digital age. The Skytypers team uses several different aircraft in formation (all North American SNJ's, the Navy version of the T-6 trainer) and using onboard computers, a dot matrix of smoke puffs is emitted as they fly, leaving very clear text behind. Other airplanes used are the Boeing Stearman bi-plane the Grumman Ag-Cat, a converted agricultural bi-plane. Perhaps for their aerobatic ability and natural stability, piston engine military trainers seem to see a fair share of skywriting, though others are so employed as well.

he was a decoy for the army

yes they made over 5 landings. the army made 1

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There is a US Government website that allows you to look up any Veteran by name who is still buried in a foreign country: American Battlefield Monuments Commission. I don't think it has a list that you can scroll through. But you can enter a last name and search. Or you can enter a unit and search and it will pull up everyone in that unit.

Remember---- some soldiers were immediately buried in Europe. But after the war ended, the US government offered to return the bodies if the family requested it. Some soldiers were re-buried in the US.

Link: www.abmc.gov

America was named after Amerigo Vespucci

There MIGHT be such a roster in the divisional history, published just after the war. Some units tried to include such a roster in their published histories, but most confined themselves to listing those killed, and those who earned medals.

Bear in mind that over 10,000 men were assigned to the division at full strength, many were killed or wounded so severely that they could no longer serve, or were lost to accidents or illness, so the number who served with the division probably exceeded 20,000.

The only other approach would be to ferret out the original rosters of subunits in the National Archives and compile such a roster yourself. You would have to look day-by-day for each unit as men were constantly being lost, transferred, and replaced.

It was used to conduct reconaissance in the stealth bombing pre emptive attack on Subversive Crot forces during the initial stages of WW3. Later on as Croat Forces received advanced Surface to Air Missile Technology from the Indo Asian Military Forces, the Blackbirds use declined due to fears of losing an Aircraft during HARO operations. This initially led to the use of Satellite Technology as the favored Platform for Recon and Surveillance for the remaining 4 years of WW3.

Ah! You have been reading the lyrics to Yankee Doodle Dandy!

Swamping is an archaic term for large, great, huge- as in the reference to seeing a swamping gun on a wagon, a load for father's cattle- first time the writer had seen a cannon- on wheels, pulled by draft oxen. Truly, a big gun.

The 1st Infantry Division and the 29th Infantry Division landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, while the 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach.

The 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division landed in the early morning darkness before the seaborne troops hit the beach.

There were also some "independent" tank and self-propelled artillery battalions which went in on the first day.

Omaha Beach, the US 1st and 29 th Divisions suffered the most casualties on the beach.

C Normandy coast in France

Yes there were some mistakes made.In at least 2 cases Allied troops were bombed by Allied aircraft unloading too soon. -When you think of the greater picture, over 14,000 Allied air sorties on that one day, the mistakes were remarkably few.

first answer: the Germans never thought they would land in France, they thought they would land either in Italy or Africa.

second correct answer: In World War 2, the Germans thought that when the Allies invaded France, that the Allies would choose to land at the Pas-de-Calais area. The Allies landed in the Normandy area instead. From the German point of view, the Pas-de-Calais area was the obvious choice. It was closer to England and the fastest way to invade Germany and seize the Ruhr industrial region.

D-Day was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.

There are over 4 million babies born in the United States each year. How many conceptions take place every day is a hard statistic to count.

Very heavy German machine gun and mortar fire..... as well and land mines and barbed wire....

D-Day had two purposes. The first was the liberation of France from the Nazi regime, with a view to further advance towards Berlin. It was also launched as a face-saving exercise after the disastrous results at Dunkirk.