Never - I recall you saying that your Dad was on the beach in Normandy on D-Day. Respect
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Total and utter respect to all that served
The time line highlighting how the invasion took place from this moment 76 years ago
21:00– Attack led by 3 companies of the 21st German Panzer Division, commanded by General Feuchtinger, south of Juno Beach: it is a failure.
– Pointe du Hoc: 24 Rangers of A company,5th battalion, having landed on Omaha Beach reach the Pointe du Hoc battery.
21:30– Marshal Rommel arrives at his command post after a car trip of nearly 800 kilometers.
21:45– Omaha Beach: artillery barrage from the southeast and from the Maisy area is reported.
22:30– Aerial bombardment of the city of Caen.
– After heavy fighting, liberation of the town of Tailleville, defended by the 736th German Grenadier Regiment.
– The men of the 1st Royal Hampshire Battalion liberate the locality of Arromanches.
23:00– Pointe du Hoc: a counter-attack by 40 German soldiers belonging to the 1st company of the 914th regiment, 352nd Infantry Division, is launched against the Rangers at the Pointe du Hoc battery.
– Omaha Beach: Major Tegtmeyer radioed to Colonel Ficchy that nothing is in place to evacuate the wounded and something has to be done.
23:30– Pointe du Hoc: General Kraiss reports to General Marcks that “the counterattack of the 1st company of the 914th Grenadier Regiment is still in progress.“
The time line highlighting how the invasion took place from this moment 76 years ago
21:00– Attack led by 3 companies of the 21st German Panzer Division, commanded by General Feuchtinger, south of Juno Beach: it is a failure.
– Pointe du Hoc: 24 Rangers of A company,5th battalion, having landed on Omaha Beach reach the Pointe du Hoc battery.
21:30– Marshal Rommel arrives at his command post after a car trip of nearly 800 kilometers.
21:45– Omaha Beach: artillery barrage from the southeast and from the Maisy area is reported.
22:30– Aerial bombardment of the city of Caen.
– After heavy fighting, liberation of the town of Tailleville, defended by the 736th German Grenadier Regiment.
– The men of the 1st Royal Hampshire Battalion liberate the locality of Arromanches.
23:00– Pointe du Hoc: a counter-attack by 40 German soldiers belonging to the 1st company of the 914th regiment, 352nd Infantry Division, is launched against the Rangers at the Pointe du Hoc battery.
– Omaha Beach: Major Tegtmeyer radioed to Colonel Ficchy that nothing is in place to evacuate the wounded and something has to be done.
23:30– Pointe du Hoc: General Kraiss reports to General Marcks that “the counterattack of the 1st company of the 914th Grenadier Regiment is still in progress.“
Excellent web site for those who are interested , just normal men and women telling their stories of their service to the country
https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ian-hammerton/
https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ian-hammerton/
Pointe du Hoc was brutal, read a good book last year about the D Day landings timeline and it’s fascinating how some areas we’re relatively easy to take and some areas just a massacre.
On this day 12 months ago, Steve Cooper was appointed as the new Head Coach
Swansea Town, the professional football club, came into being on June 14, 1912.
It is 108 years to the day since the club officially took root during a meeting at The Royal Hotel on High Street.
It is 108 years to the day since the club officially took root during a meeting at The Royal Hotel on High Street.
Why do I have in my head, the parish meeting of the Vicar Of Dibley. With Dai being Frank.I think Dai took the minutes ....
Why do I have in my head, the parish meeting of the Vicar Of Dibley. With Dai being Frank.
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It’s a pity that he and his manager had a falling out with the chairman. Where would be now if he had stayed ?
He wouldn’t have stayed much longer - unfortunately....
Dai believes he’s the best Manager the Swans ever had ......
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They want us to extend for another 2 years so that we can contribute to their COVID-19 related costs .....