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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1736974" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10915119_654074281389034_6572743310954154519_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> M4A2 Sherman tanks of the French 2ème Bataillon, 3éme Compagnie, 12ème Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique, 2ème Division Blindée unload from LST-517 onto the Utah Beach at Saint Martin de Varreville in Normandy. 2nd of August 1944.(The Platoon leader and commander of the lead Sherman tank, turret Nº45 "Ile de France" (Nº420657) was Lt. Jean Baillou who was injured when this tank was destroyed on the 12th of August 1944.When the earlier Somua S35 tanks of the 12e RCA were replaced by M4 Shermans, the crews often affixed the 'SOMUA' name plate on their new tanks. (as seen on the front right of the Sherman in this pic).The division's 14,454 personnel included men from the 2nd Light Division, escapees from metropolitan France, about 3,600 Moroccans and Algerians, and about 350 Spanish Republicans.The division embarked in April 1944 and shipped to various ports in Great Britain. On the 29th of July 1944, bound for France, the division embarked at Southampton. During combat in 1944, the division helped liberate Paris, defeated a Panzer brigade during the armoured clashes in Lorraine, forced the Saverne Gap, and liberated Strasbourg. After taking part in the Battle of the Colmar Pocket, the division was moved west and assaulted the German-held Atlantic port of Royan, before re-crossing France in April 1945 and participating in the final fighting in southern Germany.LST-517 was laid down on 10 September 1943 at Seneca, Illinois by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 15 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Onita Watland Walker; and commissioned on 7 February 1944. During World War II, LST-517 was assigned to the European theatre and participated in the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 21 December 1945 and struck from the Navy list on 21 January 1946.LST-517 received one battle star for World War II service.</blockquote>

Verificación: Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982