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Veterans gathered in Normandy on Friday to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a turning point in World War II that ultimately precipitated the downfall of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s regime. Roughly two dozen veterans who served in World War II traveled to the beaches of Normandy to honor the thousands that died on D-Day, as well as the tens of millions that died in the second World War. D-Day marked a significant turn in World War II as it set the stage for the defeat of Nazi Germany by effectively establishing a Western front. It essentially...

June 6, 1944—a date etched into the annals of history. Known simply as D-Day, it was the start of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, and the largest amphibious assault ever conducted. But beneath the surface of this widely remembered military operation lie lesser-known stories, unsung innovations, and strategic gambits that made this turning point of World War II both extraordinary and brutal. The Massive Deception that Made D-Day Possible One of the most overlooked elements of D-Day is the sophisticated web of deception known as Operation Bodyguard, a set of diversionary operations meant to mislead the German...

Imagine picking up every man in a medium-sized city, everything they’ll need to eat and drink and rest for a few days, any vehicles they might need, gasoline, of course, plus lots of guns and ammo, and then moving it all in a few short hours a distance of anywhere from 30 to 125 miles. But this is no road trip. You have to move all those people and all that stuff partly by air, but mostly across heavy seas in foul weather. Under enemy fire. I should also mention that if you messed up any of the big details...

As most of us know, today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Bing marks it on their homepage (good for them). Google has nothing. Anyway, if you have a D-Day story of a sort, feel free to post it here.

Full Title: President Ronald Reagan's Address at the Omaha Beach Memorial Cemetery Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy, France

[Recordings at link. The 1 min D-Day audio includes the words of the announcer.]The Sound of the Liberty BellThe Bell as Ben Heard ItThanks to modern computer modeling, we may have a closer idea of exactly how the Bell sounded when Benjamin Franklin heard it. In 1999, graduate students from Pennsylvania State University were able to digitally create a structural model of the Liberty Bell. From this computer model, they were able to mathematically equate the vibration of the Bell and add sound. Knowing that the tone of the Bell was E-flat, they were able to come up with a...

Around noon on June 6, 1944, a German soldier wielding a machine gun burst into a small church six miles from Utah Beach in Normandy, France, ignoring the Red Cross flag hanging from the door. He had been fighting most of the day against American paratroopers in the towns, farms, and hedgerows. Inside the church, he found wounded soldiers laid out on pews and the floor as two American medics tended to them. The German leveled his MG-42 machine gun at the occupants and prepared to fire, but then he noticed the medics were treating German soldiers as well as...

Ronald Reagan famously spoke about “Morning in America.” Now the chimes are tolling midnight, as the lawless Biden regime and its judicial allies cooperate to imprison the president’s opponents and prominent dissidents against the totalitarian left. Judges are sneering at old ladies they imprison for peaceful pro-life protests. The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to jail whistleblowers for exposing the transgender butchery of children. The presumptive Republican nominee for president is facing jail time for a made-up crime after a sick joke of a trial with a biased judge who lied to the jury about the law. And now...

VIDEOJoe Biden has a long history of plagiarism. And when he appeared at the D-Day ceremonies on Normandy he continued in this endeavor by stealing a Candid Camera skit. However, credit to Biden for actually improving on the Candid Camera skit by pulling it off at a solemn public ceremony rather than on a mere elevator.

Fox News host Mark Levin says President Biden's D-Day anniversary remarks 'will never go down as a great speech' on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.'

Donald Trump has reacted to a viral video of President Joe Biden freezing in a half-bent position during a ceremony on Thursday marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. In the video, Biden is seen on stage with French president Emanuel Macron, who remains standing as Biden awkwardly bends down, as if to sit. Biden then holds the squat position, before bobbing up and down slightly, apparently unable to decide if he will sit or stand. As a voice on the loud speaker announces that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is about to speak, First Lady Jill Biden...

American soldiers in uniforms spill out from the bars and cafes all around June 6 Square, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. Is this really France? “This is the 53rd state,” Philippe Nekrassoff, a local deputy mayor, said as he made his way across the square, with its Roman milestone and medieval church, while U.S. paratroopers wearing maroon berets played soccer with a group of local teenagers. “Americans are at home here.” Here is Ste.-Mère-Église, a slip of a town in northwest Normandy with one main street. About 3,000 residents live in the town and its surrounding region, with its fields...

~The quality of western leadership on display at the D-Day observances was not impressive. Biden was more enfeebled than veterans two decades older than him. The King, for reasons not clear, delegated all but one of the big ceremonies to the Prince of Wales. Rishi Sunak, for reasons even less clear, delegated the main international heads-of-government beano to "Lord" Cameron, which doesn't bear thinking about. (The tin-eared tosspot has now been forced to apologise for ducking out early.) So what does that leave? Macron, Justin ...oh, and "guest of honour" Zelenskyy, still doing his Lana Turner sweater-girl routine. Churchill enjoyed...

A social media post made by Hillary Clinton to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day has been branded as 'sick and disgusting'. The Democrat, who ran against Donald Trump for the presidency in 2016, compared the fight against Nazi Germany to voting against Trump in November. The Democrat, who ran against Donald Trump for the presidency in 2016, compared the fight against Nazi Germany to voting against Trump in November. One user posted: ‘Just pure evil. Comparing the sacrifices of those who died to defeat Hitler and retake Europe to Democrats voting against Donald Trump. Sick and disgusting.’ While conservative...

You can see ‘ol Joe with his eyes closed. Jill looks over at him, realizes he is asleep and as inconspicuously as possible, leans over and with her shoulder, nudges him in the shoulder and pokes him in the thigh with her finger.What a disgrace to The Greatest Generation……..and America.

The aging American president facing a re-election campaign came to the Normandy coast of France to pay tribute to the daring Army Rangers who scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, offer a paean to democracy for which they sacrificed and perhaps even wrap himself a little bit in their reflected glory. That was 1984, and the president was Ronald Reagan, who delivered an ode to heroism and patriotism that would become one of the most iconic moments of his presidency. Forty years later, another aging president facing re-election plans to return to the same spot Friday to honor the...

Today I watched the D-Day ceremonies on Canadian TV. It's not that I'm a fan of CBC, but it was difficult to find a US broadcast that was not delayed, edited and polished by liberal sycophants. And to be even more honest, I could not stomach hearing Joe Biden making a "heartfelt" speech on such sacred ground before he pooped his pants.The Canadian ceremony included Justine Turd-oh, Prince William and the PM of France, Gabriel Attal. All went pretty well. When the ceremony was over. the 3 dignitaries started to shake hands with each of the 13 Normandy vets present....

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President Joe Biden raised eyebrows while attending the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France — and then apparently had to be escorted away from the festivities while French President Emmanuel Macron remained on-site to greet the veterans. At one point during the ceremonies, Biden appeared confused about whether he was supposed to remain standing or sit down, resulting in an awkward half-squat as he looked behind him to see where the chair might be. First lady Jill Biden, who quickly raised one hand in front of her mouth, seemed like she could be feeding him directions. Awkward...