Operation Overlord, D-Day commemorations mark June 6 anniversary

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Veterans and ceremonies gathered in Normandy and around the world to mark the June 6 anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northern France launched in 1944. On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the largest amphibious operation in history, sending about 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops against fortified coastlines. Paratroopers were dropped overnight, and the first wave of landing vessels hit Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches around 06:30, aided by Allied deception that misled German commanders into expecting a landing at Pas-de-Calais. The invasion opened the Western Front, began the liberation of Nazi-occupied Western Europe and remains a focal point for honoring veterans and wartime sacrifice.

💫Foxy💫

@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social

It’s National D Day Remembrance 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Today we honor those who fought on the beaches of Normandy, France. This historical day is a reminder of the day troops of Allied forces staged one of the most pivotal attacks against Germany during World War II. We will be okay Love Foxy

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Damian Lynch 🟧 🇦🇺 Rebellion is Mandatory during times of Tyranny31

Hi Foxy 💙 Good Evening Everyone

Scott25

Good morning, Foxy and friends. Have a great Saturday, everyone.

Chanting Crow 🌊🌛🌝🌜🌊21

Good morning Foxy 🤗💙 & Friends 💙🌞 wishing everyone a spectacular Saturday Hopefully we will have another day to remember beating fascism very soon so that we do not dishonor our parents/ grandparents/great grandparents sacrifices

Petra Michaela18

Happy Saturday Foxy.🦊 Happy D Day Remenbrance!

Doug F.17

Good morning Foxy and friends! Have a great day!

FrenchieResistance17

Good morning Foxy 🦊 and friends! Honoring those who served.

M.T. Nestor🦜16

Good morning, Foxy! This is a very solemn day, indeed, and powerful. Without D-Day, who knows? The sacrifices made that day were immense and everyone of them should be remembered.

Amy B16

Good morning to Foxy and friends. Happy Saturday! 💗

Jozef Imrich16

Good Morning foxy and friends 🗽☮️ 82 years ago Operation Overlord was born 80 years ago Felon 47 was born a felon who does not know anything about history ‼️

aries57.bsky.social15

Thoughts and prayers are with the family's of the brave soldiers who gave it all for our freedom.

Steely Connie15

Good morning! I finally watched The Longest Day from start to finish on Memorial Day. I've seen portions before. I realize the real thing was more chaotic than the movie showed. Those soldiers were incredibly brave.

JOY🦉14

Good morning, Foxy and friends!🌞☕️💙☮️ We solemnly honor the bravery and sacrifices of those who fought in a faraway place to defeat facism.🇺🇲 Have a safe and serene Saturday everyone!

Therese 8813

Good Morning Foxy 🦊 and Friends. Never forget... Wishing you all a happy and beautiful weekend!! 🌺😊💙

dragonlady1011.bsky.social12

💙💙💙 good morning Foxy, good morning everyone happy Saturday We should never forget what our troops had to go through to save our democracy And we cannot let it be destroyed now Hegseth has just removed many recognized religions from the military All that serve matter

CarlyJA2211

Good morning Foxy! Relax, it's Saturday😁🫶

Rob10

Good Morning, Foxy and Friends!

Jay Lionel10

Good morning Foxy! Happy Saturday everyone! They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

SkyyBlue💙10

Good morning, Foxy 🤗 💙

Bob10

Good morning Foxy and Friends, have a super day!

justbgreen8

Good morning Foxy Day of remembrance for sure! Happy Sunday

Frank7

Good morning, Foxy, and friends. ☀️☕️ Happy Saturday. Hope y'all have a lovely weekend. 🤗🙏

Snagz7

good morning, Foxy & all 🌞

Chrissy G in the place to be7

Morning beautiful 🥰. Another senseless war caused by a mad man. Hope your having a lovely day Foxy 🥰

JWLee34277

Good morning Foxy ☕️☀️ Happy Saturday! Remember their sacrifice!

Arnold Böcklin 💙7

Good morning Foxy and friends! 💙👋🌧️ The weekend! Forecasting rain to start later this morning, perfect excuse for doing fuckall nothing today. And I'm really good at doing just that, so it's going to be a great day! Have a great day y'all! 😁

Josette6

Good morning, Foxy and friends! My fear is that as we lose the rest of our WWII generation, young people will be disconnected from the evils our parents/grandparents fought against. And so we seem doomed to repeat it. Never forget.🌹

Phil Doty6

Good morning Foxy and so many others

Roberto DeBeers6

So many good young men, dead long before their time.

John Wiar6

Good Saturday morning to all. I've seen all the white stones. If you ever visit them, it will change you.

Stone Cold Blue5

Good morning, @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social! They sacrificed so much for all of us. Families during that time sacrificed so much for us. Let’s continue to fight against the evil threatening to overcome us all.

Margueriteathome4

I knew a man who had been at Normandy. He and his group were actually captured by the Germans. He had some amazing stories. He was Jewish but before he went off to serve his mother gave him a rosary and made him memorise the prayers...he said that may have saved his life. An amazing guy.

Rev. C.P. Johnson4

My great grandfather Cleon was there today at Normandy. He was a Chief Petty Officer Engineer aboard an LST, which are the vessels that launched the landing craft. He survived the war and returned home to Massachusetts, dying in the 1970s.

cj49877🇺🇲🇮🇹🇦🇲😺🫘4

Good morning Foxy and Friends 😻☕💙🇺🇸 History tells us where we were and hopes we don't go back there.

ChaserBaybe 💙🌊🦋🇺🇸3

Good morning, Foxy and friends! Wishing everyone a peaceful day. 🕊️

Democrat Patriot3

Good morning Foxy! June 6, 1944. What a day in our nation’s history. Such bravery to storm heavily fortified beaches and knowing you probably won’t make it. We need to bring back some of that courage today!

Carol-Face-in-the-Crowd3

Good morning, Foxy! It’s an important day to remember. A large part of resilience is the belief it can be done, accepting the fear that it cannot and still doing it anyway because it must Yes, we can.

TeeKay3

Never forget these heroes. 💙

Tia3

Happy weekend Foxy and friends

Denise3

Good morning and happy Caturday. Glad I still remember the dates of D-Day, Pearl Harbor Day, etc. (because I am old).

Sailing Steve2

Good morning Foxy and Friends! 🙂💙☕ Enjoy this beautiful Saturday, but take care to stay cool. Have a super Saturday y'all! Be well.

RustyMuleshoe 🇨🇦🇺🇦2

My father landed on D Day. Now the Nazis are in our country. Somebody please land.

Michael Corthell2

(We need to get back to our foundation) D-Day reminds us that democracy survives only through courage, accountability, solidarity, and active citizenship. Honoring those who fought fascism means defending... essayx.substack.com/p/the-courag...

Jimmy D2

Good morning, Foxy & friends! ☀️💙🌞 D Day can never be forgotten. Have a great Saturday!

Mike D2

Thank you for reminding us, Foxy. Both about D-Day and that we will be ok. People: these midterm elections will be crucial. Vote!

Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️

@usili.bsky.social

The idea that Operation Overlord and the entire W. Allied campaign in Europe was to prevent the spread of communism is *utterly* ridiculous and utterly ahistorical to what was going on. It had always been the overall goal by the Allies for a second front in Europe, especially by Stalin since 1941.

2948h ago

Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️75

Operation Bagration and Operation Overlord were intended to take place at the same time since the *Tehran Conference* of 1943 with Stalin pledging to launch a summer offensive at the same time as you had the amphibious invasion into France.

Barrista27

Didn’t Stalin keep haranguing the western Allies to move up D Day so Soviet troops wouldn’t get mulched during things like operation Bagration?

Doug Funnie and the Friendliest Mutton Chops18

I follow Emily, but she picks weird fights at times. That whole thread was a weird choice of bones to pick about Antifa. Declaring WWII all but over years early is an even weirder choice.

Public Universal Fiend18

It’s very much a cold war era projection that i think overstates the inevitability of postwar conflict

Nate B16

I was having a nice morning and then I read that post

IggyTheFool5

I mean yes, that's the easiest counterargument, it's difficult to read anything on the European theatre that doesn't include multiple side-notes about how much Stalin was begging the Western Allies to open another front to take pressure off the Red Army

Monica

@softtail65.bsky.social

On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military operation in history: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northern France, commonly known as D-Day. www.britannica.com/event/Norman...

1575h ago

Drjohnrock6

My father fought in WWII, although in the Pacific theater. I hate to say it but in a way I'm glad he didn't live to see so many traitors try to destroy what he and so many others fought and sacrificed to protect. He would be deeply upset by the homegrown fascists.

Espen Gisvold6

A far less know attempt is the Dieppe Landing in 1942 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_... Without all the experience from this D-Day would probably not succeeded. To see Son et lumière in Dieppe is a fantastic memorial of this landing. Saw it on the 60th anniversary in 2002.

Tim Murphy5

For the last 5 or so years I've been bingeing both "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Band of Brothers" on every June 6th. About 16 or so hours of TV split over 2 days starting in about an hour.

Ro5

Yes, a day we should never forget ❤️‍🩹 I posted about it this morning too as my Dad was one of the young soldiers that landed on Normandy Beach on this day. He was one of the lucky ones that came home.

AL not AI.4

My Pop landed on Omaha beach and as an Army infantryman and was there until after the Nuremberg trials were over. By all accounts he was the last person a lot of German soldiers met including several SS officers. At the end he was part of the group guarding Nazis during their war crimes trials.

GratefulDaedalus2

We owe these folks everything and really can’t let this current regime destroy their legacy and render their sacrifices meaningless…

David2

Today we should honor the sacrifices of so many that never came home. Sacrifices that someone like Trump can never comprehend. cbwrong.blogspot.com?m=1

OSINTRadar

@osintradar.bsky.social

🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧 Exactly 82 years ago, the Allies launched Operation Overlord, which aimed to drive the Germans out of northern France.

1166h ago

OSINTRadar23

2/ Operation Overlord, launched on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), was the largest amphibious invasion in history. The Allies successfully landed on five beaches in Normandy (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword) despite fierce German resistance, rough seas, and heavy fortifications.

Gen IV Garchomp

@socialconcarne.bsky.social

Josef Stalin was begging on his hands and knees for Operation Overlord so the Axis would divert troops from the Eastern Front to defend France

515h ago

savinghistory4us.bsky.social

@savinghistory4us.bsky.social

Today, June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded Normandy in Operation Overlord, laying the foundations for the liberation of France from Nazi occupation and the end of Hitler's reign of terror. Let us hope that its significance is not lost upon contemporary Americans, suffering under the current regime!

329h ago

Ollie the Cat

@skulker13.bsky.social

I text my MAGA in-laws “Happy Operation Overlord Day to all who celebrate” every year and they never get it.

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Vituperative Erb

@vituperativeerb.bsky.social

The Soviets launched a major operation concurrently to tie up Nazi troops and help Overlord succeed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

285h ago

Toks Nilhaw

@toksnilhaw.bsky.social

The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France.

129h ago

Rep. Mike Levin

@levin.house.gov

Operation Overlord was the largest seaborne invasion in human history, and at its center were ordinary men called to do something extraordinary. They gave everything they had in the name of a cause larger than themselves — the defeat of fascism and the survival of free nations.

112h ago

RAF Air Defence Radar Museum

@rafadrm.bsky.social

Today marks the 82nd anniversary of Operation Overlord - otherwise popularly known as 'D-Day'. Here at the museum we have an exhibition of the little-known stories from that day in our Gallery, featuring the men and women who had vital roles in the successful landings and the ensuing battles inland.

photo, black and white, of the RAF crew of a motor launch in 1944. The crew are 6 men and one woman, all in RAF uniforms and hats, standing on the top of the launch which has a mast and lots of rigging and flags behind them

126h ago

Jozef Imrich

@jozefimrich.bsky.social

Good Morning foxy and friends 🗽☮️ 82 years ago Operation Overlord was born 80 years ago Felon 47 was born a felon who does not know anything about history ‼️

1611h ago

Fire Captain 🔥

@rescuecaptain.bsky.social

82 years ago today, on June 6th 1944 the invasion of Normandy took place invading Hitlers "Fortress Europe". The operation was known as D-Day or by its code name, Operation Overlord.

84h ago

scubapopeye.bsky.social

@scubapopeye.bsky.social

June 6, 1944 (D-Day) is the date of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II. Codename Operation Overlord, it was the largest amphibious invasion in history. The operation launched the liberation of Western Europe and ultimately led to the defeat of Nazi Germany.

105h ago

History of Geology

@historyofgeology.bsky.social

On 6 June 1944, the world bore witness to the largest amphibious invasion in history. Operation Overlord, also known as the Normandy landings, saw the air, sea and land forces of the allied armies descend upon northwest France, laying the foundations for the liberation of Western Europe ...

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Operation Overlord, D-Day commemorations mark June 6 anniversaryculture

Operation Overlord, D-Day commemorations mark June 6 anniversary

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