In commemoration of Invasion of Normandy, Richmond news has an interesting article about a soldier that captured color footage in France. Pretty good stuff.

Has several pics that I thought I'd 'highlight' to show how times have changed…

'D-Day in color: Rare footage brings memories alive, 75 years on'

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, Hollywood director George Stevens stood on the deck of the HMS Belfast to film the start of the D-Day invasion…

But the director was also shooting 16-millimeter color film for himself of the same events, creating a kind of personal video journal of his experiences."

Sauce: https://www.richmond.com/news/trending/d-day-in-color-rare-footage-brings-memories-alive-years/article_8ff1fb04-1a9f-5111-a6c6-93b2a0d2f6e1.html#5

>>6664370

Darn grammar…

>>6664356

If you want to do a gender-swap or aging check on this guy, check out the FaceApp.

Yeah, it's a Scroogle app, kinda sucks, but it gets the job done.

If you're afraid of the app tracking you, delete it and clean out the registry to get rid of any remnants.

Sauce: https://faceapp.com/

Happy hunting.

>>6664627

Yes, they did.

Germany was pissed about having to pay France reparations after WW1.

It was indentured servitude and it bankrupted Germany.

from NatGeo:

The treaty that officially ended the WWI was signed at Versailles Palace on 28 June 1919. But the Treaty Of Versailles forced harsh penalties and enormous reparations on Germany that laid the groundwork for World War II.

So when it came time to negotiate the Franco-German Armistice in June 1940, Hitler was hell-bent on revenge.

Already demanding the location was the very spot where Germany signed the WWI Armistice, Hitler also ordered that the signing take place in the same railway carriage in which Germany had surrendered.

The carriage, which had been housed in a French museum, was retrieved by Hitler’s engineers and taken to the forest northeast of Paris.

Arriving at the scene, it was clear to the French what Hitler was doing – his aim was to disgrace the French as much as possible and avenge Germany’s defeat."

Sauce: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/hitlers-greatest-revenge.aspx

France and Germany have a bit of history humiliating each other.

Forgiveness doesn't come easily in a blood-feud.