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  1. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    Never - I recall you saying that your Dad was on the beach in Normandy on D-Day. Respect <applause><applause><applause>
     
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    Matthew Bound Still Lurks Well-Known Member

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    Total and utter respect to all that served
    The time line highlighting how the invasion took place from this moment 76 years ago


    21:00– Attack led by 3 companies of the 21st German Panzer Division, commanded by General Feuchtinger, south of Juno Beach: it is a failure.

    – Pointe du Hoc: 24 Rangers of A company,5th battalion, having landed on Omaha Beach reach the Pointe du Hoc battery.

    21:30– Marshal Rommel arrives at his command post after a car trip of nearly 800 kilometers.

    21:45– Omaha Beach: artillery barrage from the southeast and from the Maisy area is reported.

    22:30– Aerial bombardment of the city of Caen.

    – After heavy fighting, liberation of the town of Tailleville, defended by the 736th German Grenadier Regiment.

    – The men of the 1st Royal Hampshire Battalion liberate the locality of Arromanches.

    23:00– Pointe du Hoc: a counter-attack by 40 German soldiers belonging to the 1st company of the 914th regiment, 352nd Infantry Division, is launched against the Rangers at the Pointe du Hoc battery.

    – Omaha Beach: Major Tegtmeyer radioed to Colonel Ficchy that nothing is in place to evacuate the wounded and something has to be done.

    23:30– Pointe du Hoc: General Kraiss reports to General Marcks that “the counterattack of the 1st company of the 914th Grenadier Regiment is still in progress.“
     
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    Bravery.
     
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    Matthew Bound Still Lurks Well-Known Member

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    Pointe du Hoc was brutal, read a good book last year about the D Day landings timeline and it’s fascinating how some areas we’re relatively easy to take and some areas just a massacre.
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    On this day 12 months ago, Steve Cooper was appointed as the new Head Coach
     
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    Taffvalerowdy, Jun 13, 2020
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    Gee whiz.....that's a quick year
     
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    Swansea Town, the professional football club, came into being on June 14, 1912.

    It is 108 years to the day since the club officially took root during a meeting at The Royal Hotel on High Street.
     
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    glamexile, Jun 14, 2020
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    I think Dai took the minutes .... <laugh>
     
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    Why do I have in my head, the parish meeting of the Vicar Of Dibley. With Dai being Frank. :)
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    <laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    8 years ago today, Michael Laudrup was appointed Manager.
     
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    It’s a pity that he and his manager had a falling out with the chairman. Where would be now if he had stayed ?
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    He wouldn’t have stayed much longer - unfortunately....
     
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    And then we had super Gary Monk....doh!,,,,
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    Dai believes he’s the best Manager the Swans ever had ......
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    On this day 4 years ago, the country voted for Brexit .....
     
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    Taffvalerowdy, Jun 23, 2020
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    Matthew Bound Still Lurks Well-Known Member

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    Are we out yet ?
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    They want us to extend for another 2 years so that we can contribute to their COVID-19 related costs .....
     
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