Normandia, D-Day czerwiec 1944. Amerykanie umacniają przyczółek. Widoczna jest skala największej operacji desantowej w historii. W tle niemieccy jeńcy pod strażą. Ciekawy detal: po bliskim wybuchu większość z nich instynktownie pada lub kuli się – jeden stoi niemal nieruchomo.
Em 1943, os Aliados precisavam invadir a Sicília, mas Hitler sabia disso. A solução britânica? Vencer a batalha com um homem que nunca existiu. 🪖
A Operação Mincemeat: um cadáver, uma maleta e a farsa mais bem-sucedida da Segunda Guerra.
"Breaking Point" isn't just one of the best episodes of Band of Brothers.
It's one of the most honest and emotional portrayals of war ever shown on television.
🎬 Band of Brothers
If you have seen Band of Brothers, you remember the scene. Winters standing alone in the middle of a road, fully exposed to German machine gun fire, screaming at his pinned-down men to move.
That happened on this day, June 12, 1944. And the real story around it is even bigger than the show had time to tell.
Six days after D-Day, the Allies had a serious problem. The five invasion beaches were not one beachhead. They were separate pockets, and the gap between Utah and Omaha ran straight through a small Norma📷📷n crossroads town called Carentan.
Whoever held Carentan controlled whether the invasion became a front or stayed a collection of vulnerable footholds Hitler could crush one by one.
Defending it: Major Friedrich von der Heydte's 6th Parachute Regiment, some of the best infantry Germany had left, dug in behind flooded marshes that funneled any attacker onto narrow causeways.
Taking it: the 101st Airborne, men who had jumped into the dark on June 6 and had barely slept since.
On June 11, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole led his battalion across an exposed causeway under murderous fire. When his men stalled, Cole did something out of another century. He blew a whistle and led a bayonet charge through the smoke into the German positions. He won the Medal of Honor. He never got to wear it. He was killed by a sniper in Holland three months later.
On the morning of June 12, Easy Company of the 506th attacked into Carentan itself. They walked into interlocking machine gun fire at a T intersection and froze in the ditches. That is when Dick Winters stood up in the open, somehow untouched, and got them moving. The town fell that day.
The Germans were not done. On June 13 they counterattacked with tanks and assault guns, and Easy Company held a thin line at a spot the paratroopers named Bloody Gulch. They were minutes from being overrun when Shermans of the 2nd Armored Division arrived and shattered the attack.
With Carentan held, Utah and Omaha linked up, and the five beaches became one continuous Allied front. The door the Germans needed to split the invasion was closed forever.
One more detail. Von der Heydte, the German commander, later said his men had fought to the last of their ammunition. After the war, he became a law professor.
Winters became a farmer. He said he had promised God on D-Day that if he survived, he would find a quiet piece of land and live in peace.
He kept the promise.
Os brasileiros (5. série) não têm maturidade pra conjugar verbos em Francês 😄😂
👉 Costurar = Coudre
👉 Sussurrar = Chuchoter
(créditos: frances.da.cabeca.aos.pes)
O timaço tetracampeão Brasileiro em 1969, ao fundo o estádio do Morumbi em construção, linda imagem colorida por mim, ajude meu Trabalho retuitando e principalmente me seguindo
🚨 ALERTA DE GOLPE NO PIX! 🚨
Recebeu um Pix do nada e logo depois alguém ligou pedindo o dinheiro de volta? NÃO DEVOLVA! É golpe e você pode acabar pagando em dobro. 🧶👇
Como a armadilha funciona:1️⃣ O golpista faz um Pix para sua conta. 2️⃣ Ele te liga com uma história convincente e pede que você faça uma transferência devolvendo o valor. 3️⃣ Simultaneamente, ele aciona o MED no banco dele.
🏛️ O que é o MED?É o Mecanismo Especial de Devolução, uma ferramenta oficial do Banco Central criada para facilitar o estorno em casos de fraude ou golpe. O criminoso usa esse sistema de má-fé, informando ao banco que você o fraudou.
💸 O prejuízo:Se você fizer o Pix de volta por conta própria, e o banco do golpista acatar o pedido do MED, o sistema vai retirar o dinheiro da sua conta novamente. Resultado? Você perde o valor em dobro.
🛑 A única solução correta:Se a pessoa ligar, seja direto e diga apenas: "Solicite o estorno do Pix diretamente com a sua instituição financeira". E bloqueie o número!
Não tente resolver por conta própria fazendo uma nova transferência.
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