Posted on 06/06/2025 6:35:31 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Nevertheless, it still took a lot of fighting and dying.
To prepare for all this, the U.S. delivered 1.9 million tons of supplies to Britain just in May of ’44. That’s 3,800,000,000 pounds of stuff in one month, with, I might remind you, more than a few German submarines hunting the merchant ships. To keep the fight going after the beaches were taken, another million troops were shipped to France in the four weeks after D-Day, along with more than 565,000 tons of supplies and a staggering 172,000 vehicles, from jeeps to tanks and every size and shape in between.
The numbers are simply staggering.
81 years ago. Those brave men who endured the Nazis attacks are some of the greatest men in American history.
Very.
People loved our country back then. Today, thanks to public education from the 70’s on, not so much.
Not that long ago in real time. And just think how much we’ve advanced(?) in ways to kill each other in these few short years. Bless those that sacrificed to help maintain this republic. Like the blank check many of us signed enlisting. Prayers up. 🙏
....Operation Overlord was the greater plan for the invasion of Europe; the actual amphibious landings plannings for Normandy was known as Operation Neptune....
“Operation Neptune was the naval phase of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II, which took place on June 6, 1944. It involved landing over 132,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy and was part of the larger Operation Overlord aimed at liberating Western Europe from German occupation.”
That’s heartbreaking to hear.
Imagine having to do the same thing or more with Japan if we hadn’t nuked them.
Eisenhower was a logistics and planning specialist — not a front-line combat commander.
My father dropped out of high school to join the Navy when they announced
that after a certain date - the Navy would stop taking enlisteees.
He ended up in the SeaBees going across Europe with a bridging company.
I believe he went in on DDay plus 1.
As the saying goes, “amateurs talk about tactics, pros talk about logistics.”
By design, unfortunately. I have great optimism this will turn around.
Perhaps, maybe 8 years of JD Vance would help, and a majority in Congress.
People loved our country back then. Today, thanks to public education from the 70’s on, not so much.
By design, unfortunately. I have great optimism this will turn around.
We will win if we all do our small parts.
“D-Day from an eyewitness”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/d_day_from_an_eyewitness.html
“By C.S. Boddie
During the first week of June every year, I remember my father, Gilbert C. Frye, and what he experienced as part of the landing on Utah Beach on D-Day. I would like to share an excerpt of his written memories, which we pressed him to create. (He never talked about his experiences.)......”
The writer got it right; you got it wrong. Overlord was merely the statement of a goal to secure a lodgement in Europe. It contained no dates, no troop lists, no maps. Neptune was the operational phase. Look it up.
Bravo.
The most audacious, ingenious and courageous invasion of all time. In my mind, nothing matches it.
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