Planning for the Longest Day by Rick Atkinson - 70th Anniversary of D-Day Cruise
92K views · Dec 21, 2020 · Education
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@adventussaxonum448 · 4 years ago
My granddad was on board a minesweeper on 5th-6th June, clearing approaches to the British and Canadian beaches. He had been called up as a reservist after serving through WW1 as a boy seaman. (16 years old at Jutland). <br>His brother in law was on HMS Roberts, a 15" monitor, shelling German positions.
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@richardbennett1856 · 1 year ago
Rick is on my Mount Rushmore. The irony, the horror, the accuracy, and enjoyable storytelling are featured in my bookcase.
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@silentotto5099 · 5 years ago
The discussion of mine sweeping before the invasion reminded me of something I once read when it came to clearing the obstacles Rommel had emplaced to defend the beaches. <br>The engineers who were tasked with clearing the waterline obstacles were provided with buoys to mark the channels they'd cleared so the landing craft drivers would know where they could safely travel. But, who ever was in charge of procuring the buoys neglected to specify that they should come in two different colors, one color to mark the right side of the channel and another to mark the left. In the confusion of the invasion, many of the buoys the engineers had placed were either dislodged from their mooring and floated away or were hit by fire and sunk. With only one buoy left to mark the channel there was no way to tell if it was marking the right side of the channel or the left. Several landing craft were lost when their drivers guessed wrong, missed the cleared channel and ran into one of the obstacles.
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@marshaprice8226 · 2 years ago
Being detailed-oriented, I have wondered how all the people and supplies for D-Day were handled. Very interesting and entertaining picture of how it was done.
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@KEVINKEVINKEVINWWW · 1 year ago
Rick Atkinson is a national treasure.
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@kaylemoine1571 · 5 years ago
Watched it twice (so far). A part of the war people don't think of. A topic that could be as boring as can be, made fascinating by a great story teller. Thanks.
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@user-qp3xe6vn6d · 5 years ago
Gosh I’m addicted to these kind of lectures lately. So informative.
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@darger3 · 5 years ago
Brilliant lecture. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧
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@alantoon5708 · 5 years ago
The "invasion stripes" painted on the aircraft were in black and white.<br>It is sad to see that even today, the average American infantryman is still carrying way too much additional weight...
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@GDuncan8002 · 2 years ago
Fantastic lecture. Thank you.
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@julieXKCD · 1 year ago
Thank you for this interesting talk!
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@HerbertDuckshort · 2 years ago
“The British genius for duplicity….” Is that supposed to be a compliment?
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