65 Years Ago: D-Day !
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:43 pm
Guys, I posted this in the General Discussion forum, but I think this especially belongs here...
At the moment I am writing this, exactly 65 years ago the American 82nd and 101st airborne divisions were jumping over the Cotentin peninsula while the British 6th Airborne, accompanied also with some Canadian paratroopers, was dropping east of the Orne river. Meanwhile, 5,000 ships packed with thousands and thousands of Allied soldiers were about to reach the beaches now universally known as Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
As you take some time today for playing Close Combat: The Longest Day (which I have been playing since 3 weeks and loving very minute of it), take a few minutes to remember those who fought on this day, and be happy that you only have to fight on an electronic battlefield rather than a real one.
Long Live the memories of these historical events.
At the moment I am writing this, exactly 65 years ago the American 82nd and 101st airborne divisions were jumping over the Cotentin peninsula while the British 6th Airborne, accompanied also with some Canadian paratroopers, was dropping east of the Orne river. Meanwhile, 5,000 ships packed with thousands and thousands of Allied soldiers were about to reach the beaches now universally known as Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
As you take some time today for playing Close Combat: The Longest Day (which I have been playing since 3 weeks and loving very minute of it), take a few minutes to remember those who fought on this day, and be happy that you only have to fight on an electronic battlefield rather than a real one.
Long Live the memories of these historical events.