Posted on 06/05/2024 11:30:08 AM PDT by DFG
Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Normandy, the largest seaborne invasion in history, which begun of the liberation of France and western Europe from the Nazis.
Operation Overlord, the code name given to the invasion, saw more than 150,000 troops from the Allied forces land on five beaches in Normandy.
Candles will be lit on graves across Normandy this evening to remember the fallen, while world leaders, including the King and US President Joe Biden will be attending events on Thursday in commemoration.
Monday June 5, 1944
7.30am: At this moment precisely, naval officers are breaking open their sealed orders and discovering the best-kept military secret in history. Tomorrow, they’ll be sailing for Normandy. The Allied invasion will centre on five beaches, each of which has been given a code name. The British and Canadians have opted for Gold, Juno and Sword — from a list supplied by the British Army. The Americans will land on Utah and Omaha — names chosen by their generals.
9.00: Already, the biggest invasion force the world has ever seen is mobilising off the South Coast. In all, D-Day will involve more than 6,203 vessels — 1,213 warships, 4,126 landing craft and 864 merchant vessels.
1.00pm: At the Berghof, Adolf Hitler’s headquarters in the Bavarian Alps, his personal doctor Dr Theodor Morell is arriving for his daily appointment. The 54-year-old Fuhrer is a hypochondriac — and willingly takes the 28 different pills and injections Morell gives him every day. At Downing Street, as usual, Winston Churchill is having a large lunch with plenty of wine.
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Changed history alright. Now germany is gay and full of muzzy degenerates
The exchange rate at the time was $4.04 to £1. Factoring in inflation, at Govt-reported rates - the kid was carrying the equivalent of $259,104.67 into battle!
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The kid was “Scotty!”
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A beautiful show of remembrance. US POTUS put a lid on the day. How disrespectful of our Greatest Generation and our history. American TV shows nothing.
If Germany did not attack Russia they could have had millions more men and weapons to stop the allied invasions at Normandy and in Africa and Italy. It would have taken the use of the A bomb to defeat Germany.
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