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Memorials at Slapton Sands

There are memorials at Slapton Sands and Torcross in south Devon commemorating the fact that the area was used in the run up to D Day for live training by American troops due to the fact that it resembled some of the targeted invasion beaches.

This first memorial at Torcross is a DD Sherman tank which could propel itself in water with 2 propellers at the rear and would be launched from landing craft some distance from the shore. This one was recovered from about 1/2 mile offshore in 1984 and commemorates the lost of life amongst American troops during that training, particularly on the night of 27th/ 28th April 1944 during Operation Tiger.



The other memorial north of Torcross at Slapton Turn commemorates the fact that the local population evacuated the area to enable this training to take place.






Barrie

 

Memorial to the Breton Resistance fighters of WW2, known as the Maquis. Pointe Pen-Hir on Crozon Peninsula. (and revival of what should be a good thread)

(wow this looks comically cooked in jpeg. somethin' happened in the downscaling / converstion from 32 -> 8 bit. will have to reprocess it at some point. new sharpening techniques are working a bit too well! )

 

King of the Road.
The Joey Dunlop Memorial at his home town of Ballymoney N. Ireland.
the most successful road racer ever.

 

'Market Garden' monument, Oosterbeek War Cemetry

 

Sibelius Monument in Helsinki
EM-5, 17mm 1.8

 

I live near Antietam National Battlefield. This is the Maryland State Monument, the only monument at the battlefield dedicated to both sides.

 

Kirchner Memorial on Marwick Head

 

Here's several from the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC. Shot while on a school trip with my son in 2015. SOOC JPG, EM1 w/12-40, handheld.

 

Paxmal, Walenstadtberg, Switzerland; built 1924-1949.
This Monument is based on the original idea of peace for everyone.



Lumix G6 with WalimexPro 7.5mm