German Nature Lovers at a Normandy Beach (2018) 图画 由 Edwin Loftus

It's early June in 1944 and these Wehrmacht office workers are taking advantage of a brief break in the weather to swim and sunbathe on a beach north of Calaise. They packed picnic food and blankets and in keeping with the Leader's love of Naturalism and the lack of French tourists, they've reached the beach early to make the most of what looks like a beautifully sunny day.
Hans, the fourth member of their group is a photographer and usually dedicated to his work. Gretta, in the foreground, is becoming impatient because instead of taking the photo and moving on, something out on the channel seems to have distracted him and he's just standing there, slack-jawed and wide-eyed.

I am attracted by the ironic, particularly in connection to "the awful." This scene probably never took place, but it could have.
When the S.S. Titanic rubbed up against an iceberg, young voyagers enjoyed an impromptu game of ice hockey on the First-Class starboard deck, kicking pieces of ice about, laughing and having fun.
In August 1945, in Hiroshima, two boys were hurrying to school when one tripped, skinned his knee and dropped his books. He chided himself as his friend rounded the next corner calling for him to hurry or he'd be late. In the next moment his friend was incinerated but the clumsy boy survived.

If anyone doesn't know already, on June 6, 1944 US Army meteorologists predicted there would be a brief break of clear sunny weather. Dwight Eisenhower ordered the Allied invasion of Europe to start. The first warning on shore came as the morning haze lifted revealing a channel dotted with 10.000 ships. The invasions of western Europe drew German resources away from the eastern front and hastened the Russian victories that brought this part of World War 2 to an end. The cost was very high but would have been higher except the Allies were able to surprise the German defenders regarding the day and locations of the landings.

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