Rest in Peace... Cemetiere Americain
Canon EOS 30D - 50.0mm - f2.2 - 1/4000sec - ISO 100
Ein Grabstein, aufgenommen auf dem amerikanischen Soldatenfriedhof in Colleville-sur-Mer / Basse-Normandie. Der Friedhof befindet sich in den Dünen von Omaha Beach, dem Landungsstrand der Amerikaner am D-Day 6. Juni 1944. Insgesamt starben an dem nur wenige Kilometer breiten Sandstrand über 4000 amerikanische und 700 deutsche Soldaten.
OLD No13 15/01/2014 14:22
Well done ,Stars sprangled banner - These Colors Don´t Run
In 2014, the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy will be commemorated by many Allied Heads of State and hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world from June through till the end of August.The majority of Allied troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA. Allied Troops from many other countries participated in D-Day June 6,1944 and the Battle of Normandy, in all the different armed services: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy.
We will remember them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJMtJtrsnE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_Y7aBWV5Q
Best regards
Bernie
J.Swede 19/06/2009 0:02
Sehr schön fotografiert.Unterstreicht die Stimmung.
lg Jan