Tuk-Tuk And the D-day Invasion

One almost unforgivable act of historical mis-documentation is the little known role tuk-tuks and their brave drivers played in helping the allies storm the beaches of Normandy on D-day -- January 6, 1944. Apparently the tuk-tuk driver's union had become disillusioned with the current German regime due to its prejudiced and protectionist economic policies, saying the tuk-tuk community had no place amongst the Aryan super race that would soon control the world, so in a duel act of protest and revenge, the tuk-tukers agreed to pick up Allied soldiers at the waterfront at a designated time. Problems arose however, when upon the arrival of the first wave of allied forces, due to their apparent lateness, the drivers had all left their vehicles to go “grab a bowl of noodles." Further kinks in the plan emerged when upon the driver’s return, they demanded that to receive the local fair, the soldiers would first have to visit 2 to 3 jewelry shops before they could take them to their “rendezvous points.” The picture above portraits a heart wrenching scene of a small group of soldiers battling their way to a waiting tuk-tuk only to find the driver nowhere to be found. It just goes to show you that the old adage of “when ya don’t need a tuk-tuk you gotta beat ‘em off ya, and when you need one you can’t find one to save your ass,” even applied on the beaches of Normandy in ’44.