Washington Post Claims McCain Wildly Exaggerated D-Day, says Soviets better

washington post ^ | 9.28.08 | Michael Dobbs

[meandog]

9:21 p.m. John McCain kicked the evening off with a wild exaggeration by describing the allied invasion of Normandy as "the greatest invasion" in history. Such historical comparisons are always dangerous. In scale, the D-Day landings were far exceeded by Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union, in June 1941, and the Soviet invasion of Germany at the end of World War II.

[meandog]

Washington Compost now becomes Washington Commiecompost

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Wonder if McCain will ask nObama to share his thoughts on D-Day vs. Operation Barbarossa at the next debate?

[neodad]

Nice to know who they’re rooting for. He said “greatest”, not the largest. Barbarossa and the Soviet couterattack weren’t amphibious landings, either.

[meandog]

While the Operation Barbarossa (Hitler’s invasion of Russia) and Soviet late war operation against Germany were impressive; neither operation was an amphibious one against an entrenched enemy. McCain’s claim is generally regarded by many miltary historians as correct. That D-Day IS the greatest invasion in history is undeniable, considering the scope, coordination and breaching of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall.

[freebilly]

@$$hat....

[Perdogg]

It was the greatest, and probably the last, large scale amphibious assault in history.

[webschooner]

Wa Compost: McCain always lies, Bammy always tells the truth. Socialism is good. Communism is better. Capitalism is evil, yada yada ,,,

[PAR35]

You can’t expect warmed over hippies and their spawn to know the difference between an invasion and a campaign. Although a case could be made for classifying Overlord as an opposed landing, rather than an invasion.

[rocksblues]

I guess being the greatest invasion for the free world isn’t enough for these ant-American pieces of S==T!

[Jim Robinson]

The Washington Pravda.

[meandog]

I trust you are referring to Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post rather than to me...

[tomnbeverly]

LOL I forgot in todays world you have to explain that you are talking about the good guys.

What a world. America is dying folks. Welcome to the coming OBAMANATION. Prepare to do your time on the PLANTATION of Barak and Michelle Obama.

[ContraryMary]

Both of those invasions mentioned by the Washington Post were land-based. The Normandy invasion was an amphibious invasion.

And I wouldn't put a Nazi invasion in the category of "greatest", no matter how large it was...

That's disgusting.

[AndyJackson]

Another jihadijournalist drugs himself on truth serum, straps on the talking points and blows up his cred and that of his MSM org (if he/they ever had one) in support of 0.

[synchron]

Also, Hitler knew that he had convinced Stalin that Stalin’s own spies were lying when they told “Uncle Joe” the exact date Barbarossa would begin.

[andy58-in-nh]

If the equivalent of D-Day were to happen today, the Washington Post would publish the plans for it in advance, so **** them.

Sorry, but I'm getting sick of these traitors.

[txzman]

And Stalin, Hitler and Mao were MUCH better leaders of their country. Gee, John - you didn’t know that?!

[Axenolith]

Thanks for making that point, the problems associated with landing 1/100th of of either of the land operations numbers amphibiously while opposed is way greater than that of either Barbarossa or the Russian Spring offensive cycles.

[silverleaf]

Good One!

The Washington Post - picking nits that other Americans won’t pick

[SandRat]

ahhh yes!... Operation Barbarossa,... when Hollywood and Liberals became Patriotic; they had to Mother Russia had been attacked.