End of WW2 - 75th anniversary

[Maladict]

98 year old vet does it again





I'll forgive him the white socks, this one time

[Admiral Yi]

Can you reed the shoulder patch?  My eyes aren't good enough.

[Maladict]

Can you reed the shoulder patch?  My eyes aren't good enough.

The top one has "Geronimo" underneath.

Can't read the lower one.

[Maladict]

XXX Corps is rolling down Hell's Highway, I hope to catch them this weekend.
Infighting among the organizers has caused a split, so there are now two columns taking different routes






Definitely a couple of bridges too far for this one.

[Josquius]

What happened there?

[Eddie Teach]

Ran into some Wehrmacht reenactors.

[Duque de Bragança]

Ran into some Wehrmacht reenactors.

Could be worse, as in SS reenactors.

[Maladict]

What happened there?

It just caught fire while moving with the column.

Saw reenactors cross the river at Nijmegen today, I'm assuming while saying their hail Mary's.
Pretty cool sight, I'll post pics when I get home.

[Syt]

A look at the historical accuracy of the movie A Bridge Too Far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjbEdZyEiMA

[Maladict]

A look at the historical accuracy of the movie A Bridge Too Far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjbEdZyEiMA

Thanks. Time to watch it again 

[Maladict]

Some pictures from Saturday's events in and around Arnhem.

Over 100,000 people showed up to see yet more air drops on the heath.


Prince Charles and a glider vet inside a Horsa replica:


John  Frost Bridge, Arnhem:


Oosterbeek cemetery

[Maladict]

Bulge, 75th anniversary

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/battle-of-the-bulge-75th-anniversary-marked-world-war-ii-allies-germany-today-2019-12-16/

[garbon]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/army-facebook-post-featuring-nazi-war-criminal-sparks-pushback-n1103041

Army Facebook post featuring Nazi war criminal sparks pushback
"I am dumbfounded by the decision to prominently display a Nazi on military social media on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge," an observer said.

[Maladict]

My ad blocker won't read me read it, but generally I think the taboo on any kind of humanizing of nazis is getting in the way of meaningful remembrance, now that eye witnesses are starting to fade away.

[viper37]

Peiper, who led thousands of men in Germany's last major offensive, was convicted of war crimes for a massacre of U.S. prisoners of war during the battle.

I agree with your sentiment, but I think war criminals convicted of killing US prisoners should not appear on a US military Facebook page, it seems in bad taste.