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Old Crank

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7. Standing on the beach head

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 23, 2023, 11:51 AM

Sep 2023

You wonder why anyone tried an attack like that. They are tall and vertical. The beach is short. Hard to take them without coming in from the landside.

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Graveyard in Diepe France [View all] Old Crank Sep 2023 OP

I feel so much sorrow, seeing all those gravestones and knowing what they mean. Lovely photos, my dear Old Crank. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2023 #1

"I didn't learn about this in my Canadian history classes. " bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #2

Thank you for supplying the details, my dear bucolic_frolic. They are very helpful. nt CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2023 #3

Didn't mean to ignore the human tragedy or the fine on-site photography bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #4

"Was one of Churchill's flubs. " and he made a few.. Like the fail at Gallipoli mitch96 Sep 2023 #6

Standing on the beach head Old Crank Sep 2023 #7

The war cemeteries in Europe are cilla4progress Sep 2023 #5