70th anniversary of Bagration

[Finkeren]

70 years ago today, on 22nd of June 1944 -the 4 year anniversary of the German invasion - the Red Army launched its summer offensive codenamed Operation Bagration. This would become the single biggest defeat the Wehrmacht would suffer in the war with the virtual annihilation of its Army Group Center and meant the end of German hopes of holding on to any of their conquests in the East and drag the war on in perpetuity..

 

Let's take a moment to reflect on the immense sacrifice and suffering it took to finally defeat Nazi-Germany in the field.

[MarcoRossolini]

Yes! Someone else remembers! 

 

There's been some pretty hilarious (read: wrong) coverage of D-day down here in Aus. One paper I read said that it was the largest invasion in history. Seaborne it certainly was, but there was no seaborne in the article. I'm tempted to think that the largest invasion would have to be Operation Barbarossa, but feel free to let me know of something bigger... (but what gets bigger than 3 million...?)

 

It also claimed that D-Day changed the course of the war... well... um... well... I'm inclined to say that Stalingrad/Kursk sealed the deal for the Germans... 

 

That's Western Media for you.