Miss Montana, the C-47 plane, is in Normandy. I read that 2 paratroopers who jumped at D-Day, now age 96 and 97, were jumping today.
"in the first year following the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1947 over 40,000 more Montanans joined the military. Before the end of the war there were over 57,000 enlisted soldiers from Montana which constituted 10 percent of our population at that time, one of the highest numbers per capita of any state. At least 1,500 died during the War"
"When the D-Day forces landed, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was asleep.None of his generals dared order reinforcements without his permission, and no-one dared wake him.Crucial hours were lost in the battle to hold Normandy. When Hitler did finally wake up, at around 10am, he was excited at news of the invasion - he thought Germany would easily defeat the Allies."
"In fact, the forecast was so bad that the German commander in Normandy, Erwin Rommel, felt so sure there wouldn't be an invasion he went home to give his wife a pair of shoes for her 50th birthday. He was in Germany when the news came of the invasion."
"Casualties varied widely - on "Bloody Omaha", where around 4,000 men were killed or wounded, one US unit landing in the first wave lost 90% of its men."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48215675
The Normandy beaches are a great place to visit. Very historical. Very spiritual. Great museum in Caen. Pointe du Hac. Edit: the Cemetery above Omaha Beach.
"in the first year following the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1947 over 40,000 more Montanans joined the military. Before the end of the war there were over 57,000 enlisted soldiers from Montana which constituted 10 percent of our population at that time, one of the highest numbers per capita of any state. At least 1,500 died during the War"
"When the D-Day forces landed, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was asleep.None of his generals dared order reinforcements without his permission, and no-one dared wake him.Crucial hours were lost in the battle to hold Normandy. When Hitler did finally wake up, at around 10am, he was excited at news of the invasion - he thought Germany would easily defeat the Allies."
"In fact, the forecast was so bad that the German commander in Normandy, Erwin Rommel, felt so sure there wouldn't be an invasion he went home to give his wife a pair of shoes for her 50th birthday. He was in Germany when the news came of the invasion."
"Casualties varied widely - on "Bloody Omaha", where around 4,000 men were killed or wounded, one US unit landing in the first wave lost 90% of its men."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48215675
The Normandy beaches are a great place to visit. Very historical. Very spiritual. Great museum in Caen. Pointe du Hac. Edit: the Cemetery above Omaha Beach.