25. Bill Millin And His Famous Bagpipes
By World War II, Scottish troops should not play bagpipes while fighting. They should not play bagpipes. However, when the 1st Special Service Brigade Commandos Private Bill Millin sailed to Sword Beach on the morning, he or she struck his pipes with pride. The Longest Day in the war of 1962 immortalized his courageous – or, as the Germans believed, crazy – act.
25. Bill Millin And His Famous Bagpipes
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24. Surrender At The Seaside
An Axis party, including two commanders, is taken over by a Canadian soldier with a fixed bayonet. The prisoners were taken on the D-Day in the coastal city of the Juno Beach area of Courseulles-Sur-Mer. Their captives were Canadian 3rd Infantry Division troops who met solid German opposition when they came to land.
24. Surrender At The Seaside
