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Good comments everyone! Citizens today don't know how good they have it. Talk about the ultimate sacrifice. And the average citizen at home, there was sacrifices there as well. Gasoline rationing. They gave you a pack of gas stamps and told you to conserve. You learned to conserve whether you liked it or not. If you didn't, no problem. Walk or take the bus. The speed limits were 35 m.p.h. in some areas because of the increased miles per gallon factor. There was other rationing as well on other commodities. I have a lot of respect for the vets.
I have to say I was a little disappointed with GOOGLE today, the graphic on their home page was used to mark the 1599 birthday of artist Diego Velázquez , I thought it was a perfect opportunity to make sure the sacrifices of so many are remebered.
Good point. Is there some way Google could be contacted about this?
Google didn't do a darn thing for Memorial Day either. Totally ignored it!
(Remember, they're California liberals)
Liberal capitalist billionaires? That's a paradox. Try to unionize their workers, THEN you'll find out how liberal they really are.
In any event the war against Germany was a war against right-wing fascism and in a sense a liberal cause. You know in the 1930s being against fascism would get you called a communist.
The title of this thread caught my eye. I wondered what was meant. Was it V-J Day? I'm ashamed to admit I don't remember what the significance of June 6th is. Since my WWII vet Dad has died, there is no one to "tell stories" anymore and keep the memories alive in me anymore. I saw nor heard anything on any media yesterday either.
The title of this thread caught my eye. I wondered what was meant. Was it V-J Day? I'm ashamed to admit I don't remember what the significance of June 6th is. Since my WWII vet Dad has died, there is no one to "tell stories" anymore and keep the memories alive in me anymore. I saw nor heard anything on any media yesterday either.
June 6, 1944 - D-Day
The "D" was used by the Armed Forces to describe the 'actual' day and 'actual' hour, such as D-Day and H-Hour, of the time and date of the invasion of Normandy. The invasion of Fortress Europe. The day the Allies began to take back the Europe that Hitler had captured. More here.
When the Germans surrendered to the allies on May 7 and 8, 1945, there was celebration of VE Day. Victory in Europe Day.
Usually celebrated on May 8. More here
VJ Day was Victory over Japan. That occurred when The United States received word of Emperor Hirohito's surrender and declared Victory in Japan or V-J Day, on August 14, 1945. More here
The formal surrender of Japan was on September 2, 1945. More here
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The movie "The Longest Day' is about D-Day. Rent it. It's a good one.
The title of this thread caught my eye. I wondered what was meant. Was it V-J Day? I'm ashamed to admit I don't remember what the significance of June 6th is. Since my WWII vet Dad has died, there is no one to "tell stories" anymore and keep the memories alive in me anymore. I saw nor heard anything on any media yesterday either.
Have a read about the Normandy Landings. Also known as D-Day 6th June 1944.
There were about 3000 Aussie's involved in D-day, But we were largely mixed into other Allied Divisons, Naval Fleets and Air Forces.
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I saw nor heard anything on any media yesterday either.