Omaha Beach comes to Poland: D-Day landings are re-enacted by historical enthusiasts on the shores of Eastern Europe

[TomSea]

Omaha Beach comes to Poland: D-Day landings are re-enacted by historical enthusiasts on the shores of Eastern Europe
    A thousand men (most American) were killed in six hours, including 80 per cent of the first wave of troops
    Images show desperate invasion re-enacted by hundreds of historical enthusiasts and professional actors
    Landings on Omaha Beach in Normandy recreated during D-Day festival in Hel, off the north coast of Poland
Though the 'one-shot gamble' was ultimately successful, the cost was appalling - with a thousand men (mostly Americans) killed in six hours, including 80 per cent of the first wave of troops.

These vivid images show the desperate invasion of Omaha Beach in Normandy re-enacted by hundreds of historical enthusiasts.

On June 6 1994, the young men of the American 116th Regiment and 29th Division were thrown at the beach in an invasion plagued with difficulties from the start.

The troops found themselves landing, exhausted, sick, soaked and frozen, in the middle of a 'turkey shoot', under continuous German fire.

The landings were recreated at Hel D-Day festival in Poland, which lasts a week and features professional actors as well as amateurs.


Read More At: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3763596/Omaha-Beach-comes-Poland-D-Day-landings-enacted-historical-enthusiasts-shores-Eastern-Europe.html

Many pictures too.

[mirraflake]

There is a huge reanactment every 4-5 years in Hungary or Poland or one of the other eastern European countries, can't remember which one off hand . They get 15-20k  reanactors portraying Germany, Russia, US, UK and France




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