The Allied invasion as you've never seen it before: Stunning colorized photographs show battle-torn France in the aftermath of D-Day

They always were.

That's the sad reality isn't it. Those kids were doing what their government asked, just like ours were. And I'm sure many of them questioned what's the point many times.

With respect to the US representation I would agree with you. Europeans - No. They totally stupidly blundered into yet another of their incessant wars LESS THAN 20 YRS after winning WW1. America lost 120,000 dead and had 220,000 injured supporting Britain and France in WW1. We hadn't been at war with Germany, we had no treaty with Britain and it would have made no difference to us if Germany had won. Then, less than 20 yrs later we see those doltish Euros get back in to a vastly more destructive war and they have the nerve to criticize us for not repeating their folly more promptly. Screw 'em.

Merci Madame, vous ne oublie pas. Bon chance.

Ah Jeanne , love your message. Thank you. Vive GB, vive la France ! :)

They are decomposing in the ground.

Youth forced into battle as a last resort and destroyed by the allied forces.

Robour: may be, but he was someone's son. My Father was captured at Alamien and spent 4 years in a Labour camp. But he never lost sight of his belief he was was cannon fodder, just like his father had been .Or that his opposite number was any different from him in that respect.

He was a sergeant of Luftwaffe, a sub-officer.

My father fought in France with the 26th "Yankee" Division and was wounded in Honskirch France on 26 November 1944. He did not speak much of the war, but was haunted by it. Most of what I learned was by drinking a few beers with him when I was about 18. He said the machine gun round hit his heel of his other boot and flattened out and nearly tore his calf muscle completely away. He nearly bled to death and was found by a graves registration team the next morning. He said they used coat buttons to sew him up, due to the paper thin skin. He said he was haunted by a young, blond haired German soldier he killed in a church. Said he was about 17, and wore a belt buckle which read " gott mit uns" God with us. My father was a devout Roman Catholic and was never able to put the horror of war behind him. I miss you dad and hope you are finally resting well.

Try reading some of the stories recalled by WW2 veterans. They need no colour, no further explanation.

The 442 along with the Tuskegee Airmen (red tails) in over 200 missions in their P-51 Mustangs never lost a Bomber and like the Army's 442 were the most sought after groups for protecting us White Guys in the service. All of this without 'Affirmative Action'...Give then an EQUAL chance and they will perform and outperform !

It's not true that the Tuskegee airmen never lost a bomber. They lost a total of 27 which is still an amazing performance compared to similar units but that fallacy, first reported by a Chicago newspaper, has been discredited by a number of post war studies when information was declassified and more readily available.

No such medal as the Congressional Medal of Honor, it's correct name is just 'The Medal of Honor'.

Well said, and it's time we unite against our modern-day enemy; otherwise, the sacrifice of all those souls in WWII will have meant nothing.

Thank you. It's not a competition. We were allies.

Thank god for men like him