D-Day is coming up (6. June 1944)

[Elbow beards]

I grew up in the 60's and 70's on a diet of Commando comic's - The Victor - Airfix Kits and Action Man - WW2 only finished 16 years before I was born - I had grand parents who fought and drank in pubs with guys who did too - its rather sad that the youth of today have little or no knowledge of these events now and more importantly little interest.

Same, when I was a kid ww2 seemed like ancient history. D Day was 24 years before I was born. That's the difference between now and 2000. Bonkers when you think about it.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Same, when I was a kid ww2 seemed like ancient history. D Day was 24 years before I was born. That's the difference between now and 2000. Bonkers when you think about it.

in a me, me, me era where simpletons only accept simple answers to complex questions I find myself musing today ( and yesterday ) if the "Defund the BBC " idiots got their way would any of the D-Day celebrations be covered on telly? Its a hugely expensive undertaking - I mean maybe it could go PPV but the danger then is we would see exactly how many patriots there really are in this country. I suspect younger generations would pay to watch a Tyson Fury fight but not be arsed by todays proceedings.

 

[Toney’s bookie]

in a me, me, me era where simpletons only accept simple answers to complex questions I find myself musing today ( and yesterday ) if the "Defund the BBC " idiots got their way would any of the D-Day celebrations be covered on telly? Its a hugely expensive undertaking - I mean maybe it could go PPV but the danger then is we would see exactly how many patriots there really are in this country. I suspect younger generations would pay to watch a Tyson Fury fight but not be arsed by todays proceedings.

To be fair Sky News have decent coverage too

 

[bluethrunthru]

To be fair Sky News have decent coverage too

Would that be the SKY I pay £70 a month to? Its not free you know.

 

[Black&White&BlueMoon Town]

I'd also recommend Masters of the Air on Apple TV. It doesn't cover D-Day but it's an excellent series which shows what the airmen of the American bomber groups went through.

I'll second that recommendation. We also saw that each week as it aired, and it was very well done. Just amazing the risks those crews had to take to fly and bomb during the daytime. I think it was very well filmed, acted, and concluded.

I just find the scale of it all incredible as so many people were involved across so many different countries and military groups. Everyone basically did their own little job and had they not done then things would be very different.

Absolutely!

It's so important to keep these events going because every year there are less and less veterans left.

ABC News here in the US had a very nice story on some of the veterans they've been tracking over the years last night on the eve of D-Day. It is so important to here the stories of those that were involved in this as we're losing these heroes to time and the efforts to document are a fantastic tribute.