I Am Interested In Ww1 and Ww2

Today is the 75th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima

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Threescore and fifteen years ago,

On Iwo Jima's scoriac stones

Many a young man bled and died

For country, God or emperor.

Now looking at this desolate isle

Today, but little more remains

Than mostly unkempt monuments

And dreadful artifacts of war,

Rusting where they fell, so long ago.

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Captain · 61-69, M

6140 yankees, no brits involved - heaviest losses by their marines in any battle, but obviously a drop in the ocean compared with british losses. For example the failed expeditionary force before Dunkirk lost and estimated 68000 dead. Thats the difference between winning and losing I guess...only 16000 lost during the Normandy landings and subsequent push form the beachheads by the Brits Poles and Canadians (who never seem to get enough credit - we took in Dieppe on our tour of France at Christmas).

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@Captain

And the Brits were lucky that the losses at Dunkirk weren't much higher. It might have been possible for the Germans to take maybe 300,000 prisoners, had they not deferred to Goering and the Luftwaffe.

I watched the film Dunkirk in a theater some years ago, and found myself getting frightened when the screaming Stukas dive-bombed the troops on the beach.

Captain · 61-69, M

@Thinkerbell It rightly won the oscar for its sound effects We went top price Max, the boat scene is the one isnt it. Absolutley terrifying. Thats war. Thats why they all come back broken.