November 29th, 2003
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Join Date: September 26th, 2003 Rep Power: 0 | Re: Gold Beach (MAP) Great choice for a map! Omaha Beach was, without doubt, the hardest fight on D-Day and should receive the most attention. Unfortunately Hollywood and the game industry have exaggerated this to such a degree that the British and Canadian landing beaches in particular appear as 'cakewalks'.
The only British VC of D-Day was won on Gold Beach (Sgt Major Stan Hollis). 413 men were lost. A couple of days later those who landed at Gold came up against the crack Panzer Lehr Division. Despite this there's hardly a mention of Gold or Juno Beach in the movie version of the Longest Day...
Yeah, it would be nice to have a Brit infantry skin with camo net on the helmet, khaki drab uniform, Stens etc... |
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Last edited by MikeO; November 29th, 2003 at 06:38 AM.
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