![]() ![]() The Expendables were a strange ragtag mixture of experts from all fields and different countries Ross himself was Italian-American, his second in command, Lieutenant Lee Christmas was British, and part of a group that had been formed in 1941 known as the SAS. ![]() Their job was to not only aid in securing the beach, but then they were to quietly make their way further into France to find a German General that had got word to the Allies that he could give them valuable information in exchange for him being taken to Britain. Ross's team weren't like any of the other units that made their way on mass to the French coast, whereas the majority of the other men had been given the objective of securing a beachhead on the Contentin Peninsula which was the location of the port facilities at Cherbourg, with the intention of sealing off the Peninsula as quickly as possibly so that they could prevent the Germans from reinforcing the city Barney's team was a little different, commonly called the Expendables by the other men, the group were known for being given every difficult, near impossible mission that the powers that be ever thought up, they were the ones you sent in when you wanted a job done quickly and quietly, the ones that could make anything happen. ![]() Already the air smelt of war, the European continent had been so long under its shadow, that the very land seemed to permanently reek of the stench of blood, cordite, and death.Ĭaptain Barney Ross looked at his team as their landing craft got closer and closer to their destination, they along with over 23,000 other soldiers were heading for Utah beach as part of the largest seabourne invasion in history, Operation Overlord. The first rays of light were just peaking through the clouds that hung heavy overhead, as vessels as far as the eye could see made their way across the English Channel to Normandy in France the skies above were filled with thousands of aircraft that seemed to block out the very sun itself, swarming like mad hornets towards their objective. I need you to imagine that all the boys are younger, basically when they were in their prime, but apart from that, they are the same. Ok, so I'm trying something a little different with this one, and I hope you will forgive me for this imagine I'm taking the team back to WWII. ![]()
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