The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass

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 The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass   The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass  It takes a black sheep to stand out and say, 'Hey, I think we're headed off a cliff here!' They may be labeled as outcasts or rebels, but in reality, they're the ones who are brave enough to challenge the status quo and forge their own path. Let's celebrate the black sheep in our lives - the ones who inspire us to think differently, to question the norms, and to embrace our individuality.

On this day 12th September 1944. The German garrison at Le Havre, France surrendered leaving the city in ruins.


On this day 12th September 1944. The German garrison at Le Havre, France surrendered leaving the city in ruins.


On this day 12th September 1944. The German garrison at Le Havre, France surrendered leaving the city in ruins.

In September 1944, the port town of Le Havre was the subject of intense bombings and destruction in the build up to Operation Astonia which was the codename for the Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre

Hitler was aware of the cities strategic and logisticstal importance for the advancing allies. Therefore, he declared the city a Festung, (fortress) and it was to be defended at all cost. What happened next was a series of battles that left the city in ruins.

Le Havre endured 132 bombings during the Second World War. The most impactful came on September 5 and 6 when the British Royal airforce carried out Operation Astoria, also known as the ‘storm of iron and fire’.

This bombing swiftly wiped out Le Havre’s downtown core and weakened its port. Le Havre undoubtedly became one of the most destroyed European towns during the war, a disaster than translated into 5,000 fatalities.

On September 12, 1944, the city was liberated by the Allied forces and its horrors were acknowledged by a Legion of Honour from General Charles de Gaulle on July 18, 1949.

Between 1940 and 1945, Allied air forces dropped nearly 600,000 tons of bombs on France. The death toll, of perhaps 60,000 French civilians, is comparable to that of British victims of German bombing (51,500) plus V-weapon attacks (nearly 9,000).

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