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Ok so maybe it is a tenuous link, but there are obstacles in this image. Not only is there a white car blocking the path, but there is also this mysterious veil blocking our attempts to delve too much further into the image. Oh yeah and Red is the universal colour of stop - and love, which can be thought of an obstacle :oP
I'll try come up with another soon but I just love this image so I thought it was a contender
Nengi
This year we have celebreated 42nd victory day in our country(Bangladesh). Currently our beloved country's situation matches with this photo. We want a peaceful country. As we know Pigeons are symbol of peace. But there are so much obstacle like the wire here to make it peaceful, so that our beloved flag cannot fly at it's full length. I wish may all the obstacle be vanished soon....and we may get a peaceful country.
A Class of 2022 cadet completes the obstacle course as part of Cadet Field Training, July 22, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Matthew Moeller)
Cadets assigned to 3rd and 4th company of Cadet Field Training took to the Confidence Obstacle Course (COC) and the Bull Run Water Confidence Course for their training, July 6, West Point N.Y. Both obstacle course presented mental and physically demanding tasks that pushed each and every cadet to the next level. More than 1,500 cadets including 24 international cadets are working hand and hand during the four-week Cadet Field Training to become future military officers. Photo by Tommy Gilligan/USMA Public Affairs
Swabs from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class of 2020 participate in a team building and camaraderie competition, July 14, 2016. Swab Summer is a seven-week traditional military indoctrination. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole Barger.
Officer Jon Buskirk readies the props that will be used in the obstacle demonstration.
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Fox Green sector - view towards the west
Omaha Beach
Omaha was divided into ten sectors, codenamed (from west to east): Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog Green, Dog White, Dog Red, Easy Green, Easy Red, Fox Green and Fox Red. On june 6, 1944 -D-Day - the initial assault on Omaha was to be made by two Regimental Combat Teams (RCT), supported by two tank battalions, with two battalions of Rangers also attached. The RCT's were part of the veteran 1st Infantry division ("The Big Red One") and the untested 29th ("Blue and Grey") , a National Guard unit.
The plan was to make frontal assaults at the "draws" (valleys) in the bluffs which dominate the coast in Normandy , codenamed west to east they were called D-1, D-3, E-1, E-3 and F-1 . These draws could then be used to move inland with reserves and vehicles.
The Germans were not stupid; they knew the draws were vital and concentrated their limited resources in defending them. To this end they built "Widerstandsneste" with AT guns, mortars, MG's in Tobrul's, trenches and bunkers, manned by soldiers of the German 716th and - more recently - 352nd Infantry Division, a large portion of whom were teenagers, though they were supplemented by veterans who had fought on the Eastern Front. All in all some 1100 German soldiers defended the entire Omaha beach sector of over 5 miles.
Preliminary bombardments were almost totally ineffective and when the initial waves - on this sector units of the 1st American division "The Big Red One" and combat engineers of the 299th - landed on low tide they met with fiece opposition of an enemy well dug in and prepared.
Casualties were heaviest amongst the troops landing at either end of Omaha. At Fox Green and Easy Red, scattered elements of three companies were reduced to half strength by the time they gained the relative safety of the shingle, many of them having crawled the 300 yards (270 m) of beach just ahead of the incoming tide. Casualties on this spot were especially heavy amongst the first waves of soldiers and the demolition teams - at Omaha these were tasked with blasting 16 channels through the beach obstacles, each 70 meters wide. German gunfire from the bluffs above the beach took a heavy toll on these men. The demolition teams managed to blast only six complete gaps and three partial ones; more than half their engineers were killed in the process.
Situation here on Easy Red and at Dog Green on the other end of Omaha by mid morning was so bad with nearly all the troops essentially pinned down on the beach gen. Eisenhower seriously considered to abandon the operation.
As the US first waves assault forces and combat engineers landing directly opposite the "draws" were pinned down it was up to forces landing on the flanks of the strongpoints to penetrate the weaker German defences by climbing the bluffs. Doing this they had to overcome the minefields and barbed wire as well as machinegun fire from German positions but they did and they were able to attack some key strongpoints from the side and the rear, taking them out by early afternoon.
This happened on several spots at Omaha and essentially saved the day: individual acts of initiative by lower ranked officers and courage like that of First Lieutenant Jimmy Monteith, who led a group of men to take one of the key German widerstandsneste and was killed in action, succeeded where a flawed plan failed.
On the Photo:
Omaha Beach, view from Easy-3 exit towards the west overlooking Fox Green sector with Easy Red in the distance. One of the stretches of beach with the highest casualty rate during the opening hours of the d-day landings due to the machine gun fire of WN62 to the left of this photo.
See my other Omaha beach photo's for more viewpoints, panorama shots and notes on the fighting
Photo was tonemapped using 3 differently exposed shots (handheld).
For a map of the eastern part of Omaha click here. The German WN's are marked as well as the Draws and beach sections.
A Class of 2022 cadet completes the obstacle course as part of Cadet Field Training, July 22, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Matthew Moeller)
Miting Internacional d'Atletisme Ciutat de Barcelona
3.000 METRES OBSTACLES DONES:
1 1 KEN - JEPKORIR Eunice 17/02/1982 16 9:18.76
2 5 ESP - DOMINGUEZ AZPELETA Marta 03/11/1975 15 9:21.76 REs
3 4 FRA - OLIVARES Elodie 22/05/1976 12 9:46.95
4 16 SUD - DURKA MANA Kalameya 1 9:47.41
5 14 ESP - ARIAS AIRA Eva 01/01/1980 4 9:47.81
6 6 KEN - NJOROGE Mercy 10/06/1986 11 9:51.61
7 7 ESP - MARTIN GIMENEZ Diana 01/04/1981 8 9:51.92
8 18 JPN - TATSUMI Yosika 26/02/1982 5 9:58.93
9 11 BRA - HEITLING Sabine 02/07/1987 7 10:09.41
10 17 FRA - BARDELLE Christine 16/08/1974 6 10:10.46
11 10 USA - JUNE Kara 10/08/1982 10 10:13.91
12 9 ESP - URBINA GOMEZ Maria T. 20/03/1985 3 10:16.69
3 ETH - ABEYO Netsanet Achamo 14/12/1987 17 AB
19 POR - AUGUSTO Jessica 08/11/1981 14 AB
12 IRL - ENGLISH Una 14/08/1970 9 AB
2 ESP - MORATO RODRIGUEZ Rosa Maria 19/06/1979 13 AB
15 ESP - HIDALGO BARRANTES Concepcion 21/05/1982 2 NP
Grafenwoehr, Germany (May 12, 2017) - German and Austrians step over logs in the obstacle run, here. The Strong Europe Tank Challenge is co-hosted by U.S. Army Europe and the German Army, May 7-12, 2017. The competition is designed to project a dynamic presence, foster military partnership, promote interoperability, and provides an environment for sharing tactics, techniques and procedures. Platoons from six NATO and partner nations are in the competition. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kathleen V. Polanco)
A Class of 2022 cadet completes the obstacle course as part of Cadet Field Training, July 22, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Matthew Moeller)
A rudimentary ladder leading over a wire fence into an enclosed area with young trees. The scene is photographed in thick fog and with snow covering the ground. Image taken at the Tricity Landscape Park, Gdansk, Poland.
Grafenwoehr, Germany (May 12, 2017) - German soldier climb a wall as part of the obstacle run, here. The Strong Europe Tank Challenge is co-hosted by U.S. Army Europe and the German Army, May 7-12, 2017. The competition is designed to project a dynamic presence, foster military partnership, promote interoperability, and provides an environment for sharing tactics, techniques and procedures. Platoons from six NATO and partner nations are in the competition. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kathleen V. Polanco)