🪖🇺🇸🇺🇸 This friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
A significant psychological strike, it also prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Eastern Front against the advancing Soviets. The following spring, on May 8, 1945, the Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
During the invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord – tens of thousands of troops from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada landed on five stretches of the coastline of Normandy, France – codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches.
A significant psychological strike, it also prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Eastern Front against the advancing Soviets. The following spring, on May 8, 1945, the Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
During the invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord – tens of thousands of troops from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada landed on five stretches of the coastline of Normandy, France – codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches.
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🏝⚓ Planning for D-Day began more than a year in advance, and the Allies carried out substantial military deception to confuse the Germans as to when and where the invasion would take place.
The US troops were assigned to Utah beach at the base of the Cotentin Peninsular and Omaha Beach at the northern end of the Normandy coast. The British landed afterwards on Gold Beach, followed by the Canadians at Juno, and finally the British at Sword, the most eastern point of the invasion.
By midnight, the troops had secured their beachheads and moved further from Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword.
However, not all the landings were successful, US forces suffered substantial losses at Omaha Beach, where strong currents forced many landing craft away from their intended positions, delaying and hampering the invasion strategy.
Glory to the American warriors who fought for world peace!
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The US troops were assigned to Utah beach at the base of the Cotentin Peninsular and Omaha Beach at the northern end of the Normandy coast. The British landed afterwards on Gold Beach, followed by the Canadians at Juno, and finally the British at Sword, the most eastern point of the invasion.
By midnight, the troops had secured their beachheads and moved further from Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword.
However, not all the landings were successful, US forces suffered substantial losses at Omaha Beach, where strong currents forced many landing craft away from their intended positions, delaying and hampering the invasion strategy.
Glory to the American warriors who fought for world peace!
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U.S. army landing in France, open sources.3🔥5❤4
Today is a great day, a day when the nation did not retreat, but instead received what it so desperately needed. Our great Founding Fathers envisioned the United States as a place where everyone could live without fear of persecution based on any principle. Despite the challenges and difficult times, our country has always risen above crises, becoming even stronger than before. This day marks both the end of the colonial era that drained us of our strength and the beginning of our nation's great history.
God bless America, and God bless you! Happy Fourth of July! 🙏🇺🇸🎇
God bless America, and God bless you! Happy Fourth of July! 🙏🇺🇸🎇
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On 30 September 1954, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was commissioned at Groton, Connecticut, with Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson as the boat’s first commander.
Its keel was laid by President Harry S. Truman in 1952, and it was launched in 1954, sponsored by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. After being commissioned later that year under Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson, the submarine remained dockside for several months of additional construction and testing. Its revolutionary nuclear propulsion system was developed by a team at the Naval Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission led by Captain Hyman G. Rickover.
Its keel was laid by President Harry S. Truman in 1952, and it was launched in 1954, sponsored by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. After being commissioned later that year under Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson, the submarine remained dockside for several months of additional construction and testing. Its revolutionary nuclear propulsion system was developed by a team at the Naval Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission led by Captain Hyman G. Rickover.
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Despite the first unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole, the submarine successfully completed its second mission, which began on July 23, 1958, and was awarded the first peacetime Presidential Unit Citation. Captain William Anderson was awarded the Legion of Merit for his service.
On 11 April 1986, 86 years to the day after the establishment of the U.S. Submarine Force, historic ship Nautilus and the Submarine Force Museum opened to the public as the first exhibit of its kind in the world. The unique museum ship continues to serve as a dramatic link in both Cold War-era history and the birth of the nuclear age.
Glory to the American Navy!🇺🇲🇺🇲
On 11 April 1986, 86 years to the day after the establishment of the U.S. Submarine Force, historic ship Nautilus and the Submarine Force Museum opened to the public as the first exhibit of its kind in the world. The unique museum ship continues to serve as a dramatic link in both Cold War-era history and the birth of the nuclear age.
Glory to the American Navy!🇺🇲🇺🇲
New Hampshire Fall
Early October is an ideal time to visit New Hampshire for fall foliage, but it’s good to know that different areas of the state will peak at different times. The northern regions like the White Mountains will peak around early October, and the mid to southern regions will peak closer to the middle of the month.
New Hampshire definitely has a big mountain/cabin vibe. Since most of the best fall foliage spots in New Hampshire are up in the White Mountains and Lakes region. But the fall color in these regions is breathtaking, and the towns are still very cozy and picture-worthy.
By Joan Mitchell, an american artist, worked in abstract expressionist
i just got a dream now of visiting New Hampshire🇺🇲🇺🇲
Early October is an ideal time to visit New Hampshire for fall foliage, but it’s good to know that different areas of the state will peak at different times. The northern regions like the White Mountains will peak around early October, and the mid to southern regions will peak closer to the middle of the month.
New Hampshire definitely has a big mountain/cabin vibe. Since most of the best fall foliage spots in New Hampshire are up in the White Mountains and Lakes region. But the fall color in these regions is breathtaking, and the towns are still very cozy and picture-worthy.
Autumn
The rusty leaves crunch and crackle,
Blue haze hangs from the dimmed sky,
The fields are matted with sun-tanned stalks —
Wind rushes by.
The last red berries hang from the thorn-tree,
The last red leaves fall to the ground.
Bleakness, through the trees and bushes,
Comes without sound.
By Joan Mitchell, an american artist, worked in abstract expressionist
📢⚖️👨🏻⚖️Seventy-nine years ago, on October 16, 1946, the following Nazi war criminals were executed by hanging at Nuremberg Prison, following the verdict of the International Military Tribunal. On October 1, 1946, they had been found guilty on various counts, including:
Crimes against peace;
War crimes;
Crimes against humanity
The Nuremberg Trials served as both a final example of Allied military cooperation and one of the opening fronts of the Cold War. They also provided the last major forum where National Socialists would present a detailed and scathing critique of the Soviet regime.
Crimes against peace;
War crimes;
Crimes against humanity
The Nuremberg Trials served as both a final example of Allied military cooperation and one of the opening fronts of the Cold War. They also provided the last major forum where National Socialists would present a detailed and scathing critique of the Soviet regime.
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The Nazi leaders who mounted the gallows were:
🪦Joachim von Ribbentrop: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany (1938–1945). SS-Obergruppenführer.
🪦Wilhelm Keitel: Field Marshal and Chief of the Supreme High Command of the German Armed Forces (1938–1945).
🪦Ernst Kaltenbrunner: Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) and State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of the Interior (1943–1945). SS-Obergruppenführer.
🪦Alfred Rosenberg: One of the most influential members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and its chief ideologue.
🪦Hans Frank: Governor-General of occupied Poland and one of the principal architects of the widespread terror against the Polish and Jewish population.
🪦Wilhelm Frick: Reich Minister of the Interior (1933–1943) and Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1943–1945).
🪦Julius Streicher: Gauleiter of Franconia and publisher of the virulently anti-Semitic and anti-communist newspaper Der Stürmer.
🪦Fritz Sauckel: Gauleiter of Thuringia (1927–1945) and the primary organizer of the Nazi program of forced labor.
🪦Alfred Jodl: Colonel General and Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command.
🪦Arthur Seyss-Inquart: Minister of Defense of Austria (March 11–13, 1938) and Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Netherlands (1940–1945).
📍Arthur Seyss-Inquart was the last to be executed that night, excluding Martin Bormann, who had been tried and sentenced to death in absentia and was by then already believed to be dead.
🪦Joachim von Ribbentrop: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany (1938–1945). SS-Obergruppenführer.
🪦Wilhelm Keitel: Field Marshal and Chief of the Supreme High Command of the German Armed Forces (1938–1945).
🪦Ernst Kaltenbrunner: Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) and State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of the Interior (1943–1945). SS-Obergruppenführer.
🪦Alfred Rosenberg: One of the most influential members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and its chief ideologue.
🪦Hans Frank: Governor-General of occupied Poland and one of the principal architects of the widespread terror against the Polish and Jewish population.
🪦Wilhelm Frick: Reich Minister of the Interior (1933–1943) and Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1943–1945).
🪦Julius Streicher: Gauleiter of Franconia and publisher of the virulently anti-Semitic and anti-communist newspaper Der Stürmer.
🪦Fritz Sauckel: Gauleiter of Thuringia (1927–1945) and the primary organizer of the Nazi program of forced labor.
🪦Alfred Jodl: Colonel General and Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command.
🪦Arthur Seyss-Inquart: Minister of Defense of Austria (March 11–13, 1938) and Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Netherlands (1940–1945).
📍Arthur Seyss-Inquart was the last to be executed that night, excluding Martin Bormann, who had been tried and sentenced to death in absentia and was by then already believed to be dead.