What were the steps leading up to D-Day?

wnd.com ^ | 6/6/2019 | Bill Federer

[rktman]

Bless and remember the sacrifice 75 years ago to free europe from national socialists who were in cahoots with the grand mufti and mooselimbs to eliminate the Jews. And now, 75 years later the 'yewwwwww' has been pretty much invaded by the mooselimbs. Weird huh? Any of the hitlers actions sound like some US politicians today?

[Beagle8U]

On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolph Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany by promising hope and universal healthcare.”

Hope and chains. Somehow that same ruse worked again and we are still trying to get rid of his failed healthcare plan.

[mad_as_he$$]

Thanks for this OP. Passed it on to some history challenged persons.

[mrmeyer]

My grandfather was a combat engineer that went ashore in a Higgins boat at Omaha Beach during the first assault wave. He turned 20 years old D-Day plus 4.

[rktman]

Hope it helps educate them even if it’s just a little.

[dfwgator]

And in the beginning some Jews even approved of Hitler, because they believed that he was only talking about the “bad Jews”.

Kind of like those who think that those who attack Jews today are only attacking “Zionists”.

[mc5cents]

And on June 6, 1984 Ronald Reagan said these words as he stood over the beaches of Normandy:

The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next. It was the deep knowledge -- and pray God we have not lost it -- that there is a profound, moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest. You were here to liberate, not to conquer, and so you and those others did not doubt your cause. And you were right not to doubt.

[JoeFromSidney]

I was in bed with the measles that day. I recall listening to the radio and following the progress of the invasion on a map in my father's atlas.

[dfwgator]

Here is the entire day’s broadcast of D-Day as it happened.

Very interesting that the first reports came from German sources, and they pointed out that these broadcasts may have been faked by the Germans, in order to try to smoke out the Resistance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AbWs2FKtkE&list=PLE_LaF5385Bx34Qx3VN39MhhOIiCFOdt9

[mad_as_he$$]

I watched that live and remember it well.

[cymbeline]

“Bless and remember the sacrifice”

That cannot be understated but the outstanding planning and execution of D-Day are overlooked in today’s commentaries.

D-Day was characterized by both sacrifice and excellence. We can feel pride as well as sadness.

[dfwgator]

Let’s also remember the sacrifices on Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

As bad as D-Day was, the Pacific war was even worse.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

You do know that Brian Williams of NBC was at Omaha beach to cover the action?

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[Bubba Ho-Tep]

As bad as D-Day was, the Pacific war was even worse.

And the 8th Air Force lost more men flying bombing missions over Germany than the Marine Corps lost in the whole war.

[Beagle8U]

Brian Williams was Ernie pyle’s mentor.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Merchant sailors suffered an even higher casualty rate. You were more likely to die as a sailor in the Merchant Navy than you were in any of the armed forces branches, although for years they were denied the right to take part in war commemorations (in Britain at least) because they were considered ‘civilians’. They were probably some of the most unappreciated participants in the entire war effort.

[M Kehoe]

Wow. I didn’t know that.

Williams looks good for a hundred years old. I wonder if anyone will do a feature on him?

LOL.

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[rktman]

I thought CNN covered pretty well myself.

[cymbeline]

“As bad as D-Day was, the Pacific war was even worse.”

Read a book called “Flyboys”. It reinforces what you say.

[knarf]