[BNW] OT:Fwd: [GURPS] [BG] WW2 Buffs might note...

[David Fryer <badsign_98@yahoo.com>]

--- Jacob E Boucher <jbuchr@bu.edu> wrote:
> To: gurps@yahoogroups.com
> From: Jacob E Boucher <jbuchr@bu.edu>
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:29:04 -0400 (EDT)
> Reply-to: gurps@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [GURPS] [BG] WW2 Buffs might note... 
> 
> 
> Today is the 57th anniversary of the Normandy
> invasion. I'm not looking
> for quiet reflection or any of that stuff, just
> thought you ought to know.
> 
> Also interesting to note that Dream Pod 9's "Gear
> Krieg" WW2 RPG was
> shipped out last week, and SJ Games has recently
> announced their WW-II
> sourcebook is due out in December of this year.
> 
> Copied from CNN.com:
> 
> "It was 57 years ago that allied forces surprised
> Adolph Hitler with an
> invasion of Europe across the widest part of the
> English Channel, instead
> of the narrowest, in rough weather."
> 
> "The Normandy invasion was the greatest amphibious
> landing in history. It
> involved 156,000 allied soldiers from 12 countries
> and signalled the
> beginning of the end of the nazi regime."
> 
> "The battle resulted in nearly 10,000 allied dead
> and wounded."
> 
> Jacob.
> 
> -- 
> Jacob E. Boucher
> AIM S.N.= jbuchr
> http://people.bu.edu/jbuchr
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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