Friday Smiles 324: Back to the Museum of World Treasures

Once again, I'm joining Annie (at A Stitch in Time) and the ladies at Friday Smiles.   This is the first Friday Smiles after the WOYWW crop, and I look forward to seeing what I may have missed.   But first, yesterday we celebrated D-Day, the battle fought by British, Canadians, Aussies (and others), and the U.S., collectively known as the "Allies," which also included the Russians, against the "Axis."

Since it was such a relevant day in WWII, which was actually the turning point in the war in Europe, I thought I would include a few of my favorite facts I read and quoted yesterday from D-Day Facts (please be aware, these are quoted, not necessarily well written):

During D-Day landings, Condoms were used to cover the head of the Rifle from getting wet. 

During the D-Day invasion, Penicillin was carried along with the troopers that helped thousands of wounded soldiers.

Due to the D-Day fighting on Normandy beaches, 4% of the sand is made of metal particles. 

To collect the information of French beaches for the suitable landing on D-Day, the BBC conducted a fake competition for French Beach holiday photographs.

For the preparation of D-Day the British produced 7,000,000 Jerry Cans  (An early version of the cans used to hold gasoline).

For the D-Day invasion the British sent Low-Flying Spitfires to survey the beaches of invasion zones and brought back thousands of photos to analyze on Beach Defense strategy.  

For the D-Day invasion British sent Mini Submarines at night to collect samples of beach sand and land soils.

Richard Todd, an officer in 7^th Parachute Battalion on D-Day, also played a character in the 1962 movie “The Longest Day” which was about the D-Day.

Canadian Soldier James Doohan is also an actor in Star Trek who played Captain Scotty, survived the D-Day after being shot 4 times in leg, one through his chest and one through his finger. 

During the D-Day invasion, some of the Free French, Poles, Belgians, Czechs, Greeks, Dutch, Norwegians, Aussies and kiwis joined with the Allied Armed Forces Troops. 

And now let's return to the Museum of World Treasures and continue with even more WWII. 

I'm not sure you'll be able to read these, but what might help is if you double click on the images so they fully enlarge to fit most of your screen.

On the left and in the middle are examples of how Wichita participated in the war by building aircraft.  We are still known as the Air Capital of the World.

Personally, I'm not sure I want you to read about the Internment Camps shown on the right.  This is our (U.S.) shame.  And it seems we are once again doing it, this time to those people fleeing from Central America by placing them in detention camps at the U.S./Mexican border.  Will we ever learn?  Probably not!

It's obvious the British had it a great deal harder than we in the States did during WWII.

I apologize this is too blurry to read.  Maybe it's for the best.

This is one display I really enjoyed.

Propaganda could be positive or negative.

I found it fascinating how the Germans, Japanese, and U.S. controlled their war time propaganda  (Today, we are subjected to Tweets).

I believe this is a good place to stop.  More WWII next time, too.

Once again, I appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to visit today.  I'll see you at Friday Smiles where it never hurts to start the weekend with a smile or two.