This is not a war story. It is a story about men who chose each other. Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose proves that every single page.
#BandOfBrothers #TrueWWIIStory #DDay #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/band-of-brothers-book-review-easy-company-wwii.html
Band of Brothers: The WWII Book Every History Reader Needs

A gripping WWII account of Easy Company, following the 101st Airborne from training through D-Day, Bastogne, and the fall of Nazi Germany.

FUCK HEGSETH fucking sideways ..

This guy used #DDay celebrations at #Normandy for a racist political rally.

He chose to disgrace the deaths of more than ten thousand of heroes who gave their lives on that very beach to fight fascism, in order to deliver a fascist message.

Fuck you!!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/french-villagers-tell-persona-non-grata-pete-hegseth-to-gtfo/

French Villagers Tell ‘Persona Non Grata’ Pentagon Pete to GTFO

The Secretary of Defense received a chilly welcome when he touched down in France.

The Daily Beast

zgapiłem się o 2 dni, ale cóż.

82 lat temu.
D-Day/Operacja Overlord/Lądowanie w Normandii.

kilka liczb:
(źródła: różne książki i publikacje + net)

ok 7 000 jednostek pływających, w tym:
- 1 213 okrętów wojennych
- 736 jednostek pomocniczych
- 4 127 barek desantowych
- 864 statków handlowych
- 277 trałowców
Stracono 24 okręty, 35 statków handlowych a 120 innych statków zostało uszkodzonych

ok 12 000 samolotów alianckich, w tym
- 2 434 myśliwce
- 700 bombowców
- 9 000 innych samolotów
133 lotniska przystosowano/zbudowano
Wykonano 14 674 lotów bojowych
Stracono 127 samoloty

300 000 pojazdów
1800 lokomotyw
20 000 wagonów kolejowych
2 600 000 sztuk broni strzeleckiej
2700 dział
300 000 słupów telefonicznych
60 000 000 racji żywnościowych K
300 ton / 210 000 000 map

23 000 000 ton sprzętu z USA zwieziono do Anglii
400 000 prefabrykowanych baraków postawiono
2 000 000 m2 powierzchni magazynowej wynajęto od Brytyjczyków
270 km nowych linii kolejowych zbudowano aby sprzęt przewieźć w głąb lądu
1 500 000 amerykańskich żołnierzy przybyło do Anglii
2 880 000 żołnierzy alianckich sił ekspedycyjnych w sumie
279 000 namiotów rozbito w 1200 obozów

8000 lekarzy
600 000 dawek penicyliny
380 000 litrów osocza

Desant:
Pierwszego dnia w Normandii wylądowało:
~156 000 ludzi, w tym
- 24 000 spadochroniarzy
- 133 000 żołnierzy piechoty i sił specjalnych
do końca czerwca:
875 000 ludzi

10 000 ofiar pierwszego dnia (w tym około 5000 zabitych) (po stronie aliantów)
Ponad 100 000 ofiar po obu stronach konfliktu podczas całej operacji
20 000 ofiar cywilnych we Francji

#historia #dday #ww2 #normandy

Hegseth beklagt sich in seiner Ansprache bei der Zeremonie zum DDay über das mangelde Engagement der EU im Sachen Einwanderungspolitik. Anschliessend schwänzt er, aus Mangel an Engagement, die eigentliche Zeremonie. Konsequenter Dude. Kannste Dir nicht ausdenken. #dday #murica #badumts

Recreated the Normandy landings yesterday with Memoir 44 big D-day map.

Fantastic 6v6 game at Iford Wargames Group.

I took command of the Canadians at Juno and make good use of Churchill AVREs to secure the beaches and pushed on to silence the German heavy guns.

#Memoir44 #dday #Wargaming #Ilford

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116709383171153154

As a reminder, the USA doesn't just limit themselves to words when it comes to Europe - they are providing active support to fascist parties.

#Hegseth #DDay

A day late for D-Day.
For those who fell on D-Day fighting against the violent expansion of right-wing nationalistic fascism in Europe, here is Taps for Piano by Larry McDonough.
https://youtu.be/OoAKn5Kfwyw
Remember ....
#taps
#DDay
#wwii
Taps for Piano by Larry McDonough

YouTube
"US Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth came under fire from critics around the world this weekend after he turned his speech at a Saturday event marking the #DDay anniversary into a “racist rant” against #migrants." Of course, because #racism is all these clowns know how to do. https://www.commondreams.org/news/pete-hegseth-racism
Hegseth Ripped for 'Racist Rant' Against Migrants at D-Day Event | Common Dreams

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparks outrage with racist remarks on migrants during D-Day anniversary speech in France.

Common Dreams
Hegseth proves beyond all doubt the current US régime is contrary to European values. His speech in Normandy yesterday was appalling on every level and showed total ignorance and disrespect for all those who lost their lives in the fight against fascism and for democracy. #europe #rejoineu #DDay

So Hegseth actually stood up at the D-Day commemorations, when we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting Nazis, and thank those few remaining veterans for their service fighting Nazis, to say that we must all think that the main threat comes from the Untermenschen?

I would love to know if he is so ignorant of history that he doesn't know how much of a "fuck you" that is to the veterans, or if he deliberately set out to disrespect them?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/pete-hegseth-d-day-speech-immigration-grotesque-stupidity

#DDay #Hegseth #Nazis

Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy

The Guardian