OHISTHAM, FRANCE (AP) – The captain of the Giant Lavy Battleship shared with his officers the guarded secrets of the World War II battleship: Be prepared, “because” it is a very important job. “
“There is a lot of recruitment,” one of the officers wrote in his diary that day – June 2, 1944. “Some say we will go to the Soviets, or do something else that is allowed in Iceland.”
The secret was D-Day – M IN-JUN 6, 1944, the invasion of France with the Nazis entering the world, land and air armada. The “Atlantic Wall” of the Atlantic “was created and it brought down the dictator 11 months later.
The writer of the diary was Lam Ping-Yu – a Chinese officer who crossed the world with two comrades-in-arms from China to train and work with the armies in Europe.
For the 32-year-old LAM, he watched the landings of Normandy, France, revealed from inside the HMS Ramillies of the battle showed that it would be a big deal.
His meticulously kept but forgotten diary was rescued by city inspectors from the soon-to-be-demolished Hong Kong Tendement Block. It brings his story to life and laments the involvement of Chinese officials in the invasion of many countries.
As the survivors of the Battle of Normandy disappear, Mam’s compelling Account adds another Clear Word to the great prayer of recollection, confirming that its sacrifices for freedom and cooperation of countries defeated the Nazis.
“Look at the young art of war, as many as ants, they scatter and confuse the whole sea, moving south,” Lam wrote on the evening of June 5, as the attack ships filled the English channel.
“Everybody in action stations. We should be able to reach our designated area around 4-5 am tomorrow and start blasting off the coast of France,” he wrote.
Success
An account of history by historians Angus Hui and John Mak in Hong Kong brings together the stories of how Lam found himself proving the authenticity of his 80-page diary, written in 13,000 Skype characters, fragile.
Hui also grew up and looked at the exhibition about LAM, his diary and other Chinese policemen – now on display in the Normandy village of Ourelistream.
One breakthrough was their discovery, confirmed in Hong Kong’s land records, that the 9th-floor floor frame where the Lamu brothers’ diary was found.
One was Hui’s nokwanating of the British 1944’s Log from HMS Ramillies. The May 29 entry recorded that two Chinese officials had even entered. Misslelling Lam’s Submame, reads as follows: “Junior Lieut Le Ping Yu Navy joined the ship.”
Lost, found and lost again
The black leather-bound notebook has had an amazing life, too.
Lost and found, now lost again. Hui and mak says that it seems that he was removed from somewhere somewhere – he may have been taken to the US or the UK By the people who moved to the apartment, after disappointing the curios, before the curios collapsed.
But Hui, who lived nearby, photographed the diary pages before they disappeared, saving Lam’s account.
“I knew, ‘OK, this is an interesting story that we need to know more about,'” she said.
“Such an amazing piece of history … can remain buried forever,” he said.
They shared Lam’s story about his daughter, Salu yi Lam, who lives in Pittsburgh. Previously he knew very little about his Father’s wartime experiences. He died in the year 2000.
“I abused him,” he says. “It’s my gift to learn who he is as a young person and understand him better now, because I didn’t have that opportunity when he was alive.”
A lucky escape
Lam was part of a group of more than 20 Chinese naval officers sent during World War II for training in the UK by Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang led the Chinese government from 1928 to 1949, fighting off a Japanese invasion and then fleeing Taiwan with the remnants of his forces when Mao’s rebels seized power.
On their long journey from China, the police passed through Egypt – the photo shows them behind the pyramids in their white uniforms – before joining British forces.
In his diary, Lam wrote of a small brush with death on the D-Day Agoard HMS Ramillillies, as the war’s powerful guns pounded the 880-Kilogram (1,938-port) in front of the invading troops.
Lam wrote: “Three Torpedoes were fired at us. We managed to get them out.”
His daughter is surprised at the lucky escape.
He says: “If that Torpedo hit the ship, I would still be alive.
Using the logs of the Ships’, the HUI also means that they have confirmed that at least the Chinese police participated in Operation Neptune – Part of the 7,000-Veslel National attack that is Operand Operandy – and other naval operations as the battle of Normandy raged after D-Day after D-Day.
Operation Dragoon
Other officers, including Lam, also saw action in the joint invasion of southern France that followed, in August 1944.
“Action channels at 4 a.m., traces of the moon are visible, although the horizon is dark like nothing else,” wrote Aug. “
“The Germans put up such weak resistance, one might call it non-existent.”
France awarded its highest honor, the Légion d’Henneur, to the Chinese Contingent Granstent Oustnivor in 2006. Huang Tingxin, then “it was a great honor to join the war against the Nazis,” said the great help of Xinhua News Ejeka at the time.
Lam’s daughter says their story is always encouraging.
He says: “It talks about unity, he talks about hard work, about doing good. “World War II, I think we show that we can work together in general.”
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Leung was reported to Hong Kong.
