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引用樓主胡冰瑩于2018-12-29 09:02發表的 (英)出包 :
英紀念郵票出包 美軍登陸諾曼第糗變登陸印尼...
2018-12-29 07:50
明年是二次世界大戰戰盟軍「反攻歐洲大陸」的諾曼第登陸日（D-Day）75週年紀念，英國皇家郵政（Royal Mail）原本想發行郵票紀念諾曼第登陸，不過郵票上的圖片卻用成美軍登陸荷屬新幾內亞（現今印尼東部）的照片，引起許多歷史學家批評。
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Royal Mail has been accused of insulting veterans after releasing a stamp marking t
he 75th anniversary of D-Day – with an image of US troops in the Pacific.
The company announced it would bring out a set of 11 commemorative stamps next June
to mark 75 years since the Allies invaded Nazi-occupied Europe.However one stamp
released on the postal service's social media account yesterday morning featured
the wrong type of boat.Historians pointed out it was actually a photo of GIs landing
in what is now Indonesia on May 17, 1944 – almost a month before D-Day.
The image on the incorrect stamp is archived on the US National WWII museum
website and featured in a 1944 issue of the American naval magazine All Hands.
Military historian Andy Saunders wrote on Twitter: 'What a shambles.Wrong theatre,
wrong date, wrong vessel, wrong troops.This gross insult to veterans and those
who didn't make it should be withdrawn.' Mark Simmer, a military history author,
responded to Mr Saunders saying: 'Shocking! Can't understand why they don't
temporarily hire an historian for these projects.Plenty around who would gladly assist,
I'm sure.' Paul Woodadge, a Second World War Normandy-based filmmaker,
added: 'Oh dear oh dear.What's odd about this is that New Guinea landings photos
are probably a lot harder to find online than actual Normandy landings photos.'It's like
they have tried to f*** up lol.Hopefully Royal Mail will correct this.' A spokesman for Roy
