D-Day 6/6

[Watch This]

The heroes we can never repay. Bless all who bravely serve.

[123Blueface]

Originally Posted by Watch This

The heroes we can never repay. Bless all who bravely serve.

[Limestonedan]

Originally Posted by Watch This

The heroes we can never repay. Bless all who bravely serve.

Amen to that.

[Genevapics]

To all the brave allies that risked their lives on those beaches so that we may spend our weekends at the beach, I say, "Thank you very much from a proud American."

[cop414]

Amen

[BLACKHORSE 6]

I was able to tour Normandy several years ago, and can't imagine what those guys went through. Pointe du Hoc was particularly moving.

[hdrazor251]

to the Greatest Generation

[breitlings]

unbelievable courage.

[GradyPhilpott]

WWII was a no-compromise endeavor.

There was no substitute for victory and any concern about offending the sensibilities of the enemy was non-existent.

There are lessons to be learned from the strategies of WWII, but alas, I do believe that it may be too late.

I hope it is not too late, but the mindset to achieve unconditional surrender of our enemies seems to have faded from Western thought long ago.

That is the lesson to be learned not only from those who stormed the beaches and flew the aerial missions , but aslo from that generation who fought WWI and who masterminded the victories in Europe and the Pacific and of course the home front during WWII.

[Cobain]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

WWII was a no-compromise endeavor.

There was no substitute for victory and any concern about offending the sensibilities of the enemy was non-existent.

There are lessons to be learned from the strategies of WWII, but alas, I do believe that it may be too late.

I hope it is not too late, but the mindset to achieve unconditional surrender of our enemies seems to have faded from Western thought long ago.

That is the lesson to be learned not only from those who stormed the beaches and flew the aerial missions , but aslo from that generation who fought WWI and who masterminded the victories in Europe and the Pacific and of course the home front during WWII.

Couldn't agree more.

[spoilsofwar01]

The Following British Regts,

We salute you all.

Guards Armoured Division
5th Guards Armoured Brigade
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards
1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Irish Guards
1st (Motorized) Battalion, Grenadier Guards
32nd Guards Brigade
5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
3rd Battalion, Irish Guards
7th Armoured Division
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment
22nd Armoured Brigade
1st Royal Tank Regiment
5th Royal Tank Regiment
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (replaced by the 5th Dragoon Guards on 29 July 1944)
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (replaced 4th CLY on 29 July 1944)
1st (Motorized) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
131st Infantry Brigade
1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
11th Armoured Division
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry (to 17 August)
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment (from 17 August)
29th Armoured Brigade
23rd Hussars
3rd Royal Tank Regiment
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
8th (Motorized) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
159th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Scots Greys
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (to 29 July 1944)
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (from 1 August 1944)
2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
8th Armoured Brigade
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
24th Lancers
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry)
12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
27th Armoured Brigade
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
1st East Riding Yeomanry
Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)
6th Airborne Division
3rd Parachute Brigade
8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
5th Parachute Brigade
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
6th Airlanding Brigade
12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
3rd Infantry Division
3rd (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Reconnaissance Regiment
2nd Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion
8th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
9th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
185th Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion
15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment
44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade
8th Battalion, Royal Scots
6th (The Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade
9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders, Highland Light Infantry
7th (Morayshire) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade
10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment
8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion
129th Infantry Brigade ?
4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
130th Infantry Brigade
7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
214th Infantry Brigade
7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment
2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment Machine Gun Battalion
146th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
147th Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
70th Infantry Brigade (left division in August)
10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish, (Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment))
56th Infantry Brigade (joined division in August)
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
61st Reconnaissance Regiment
2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment Machine Gun Battalion
69th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
6th Battalion, Green Howards
7th Battalion, Green Howards
151st Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
231st Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
51st (Highland) Infantry Division
152nd Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
153rd Infantry Brigade
5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
154th Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
7th (Fife) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
53rd (Welsh) Reconnaissance Regiment
1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment Machine Gun Battalion
71st Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
158th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
160th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
1/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, Welch Regiment
2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
59th Reconnaissance Regiment
7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine Gun Battalion
176th Infantry Brigade
7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
177th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
1/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
2/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
197th Infantry Brigade
1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment

79th Armoured Division
5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (5th Beach Group)
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (6th Beach Group)
8th (Irish) Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (7th Beach Group)
5th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (8th Beach Group)
2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (9th Beach Group)
6th Battalion, Border Regiment (10th Beach Group)
18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (36th Beach Group)
1st Special Service Brigade
No. 3 Commando
No. 4 Commando
No. 6 Commando
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando
No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando
4th Special Service Brigade
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando
No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando

[BLACKHORSE 6]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

WWII was a no-compromise endeavor.

There was no substitute for victory and any concern about offending the sensibilities of the enemy was non-existent.

There are lessons to be learned from the strategies of WWII, but alas, I do believe that it may be too late.

I hope it is not too late, but the mindset to achieve unconditional surrender of our enemies seems to have faded from Western thought long ago.

That is the lesson to be learned not only from those who stormed the beaches and flew the aerial missions , but aslo from that generation who fought WWI and who masterminded the victories in Europe and the Pacific and of course the home front during WWII.

While I fervently hope that we never again see a conflict to the scale, intensity, and destructive level with the loss of life of WWII, I wish that all our wars could be so straightforward.

They hardly ever are.