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64 Years Ago Today - Primvs Pavlvs - 06-06-2008 Please take a moment today to remember 6-6-44. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory! I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. SIGNED: Dwight D. Eisenhower Re: 64 Years Ago Today - Gaius Julius Caesar - 06-06-2008 hock: hock: hock: It's D-day already.....where has the year gone.... Re: 64 Years Ago Today - rusty myers - 06-06-2008 Thanks. Re: 64 Years Ago Today - Jona Lendering - 06-06-2008 Slate has put online some beautiful Robert Capa photos, including that famous one of the soldier in the water at Easy Red sector: [url:1t5ugaqw]http://todayspictures.slate.com/20080606/[/url] Re: 64 Years Ago Today - Na Saighdiuir - 06-07-2008 Let us remember ALL,not just allied troops.True,the axis were on the wrong side of the political spectrum,but hey most of them werent even nazis. Re: 64 Years Ago Today - Jona Lendering - 06-07-2008 Quote:Let us remember ALL,not just allied troops.True,the axis were on the wrong side of the political spectrum,but hey most of them werent even nazis.If I remember correctly, representatives of Germany and Italy have been invited to the commemoration of Overlord since '94, and in my personal opinion, that is only fair. Europe has become some sort of unity, and the old divisions are disappearing faster than we often realize. (Of course prejudices are to be cultivated to use them at soccer matches! :wink: We've come a long way from outright propaganda to good-natured fun like this.) Re: 64 Years Ago Today - Virilis - 06-07-2008 Those pictures of Robert Capa are great! The opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" was great but then the movie unfortunately turned into a sickly-sweet fairy-tale in my opinion, not much about a REAL war anyway ... I would love to see a re-make of the movie "General Patton" with the original uncensored speech to the groups. Do I remember correctly that in that movie Patton was described a kind of "weirdo" in that movie (it has been over ten years I saw it the last time)? Re: 64 Years Ago Today - Jona Lendering - 06-07-2008 Quote:Those pictures of Robert Capa are great! The opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" was great but then the movie unfortunately turned into a sickly-sweet fairy-tale in my opinion, not much about a REAL war anyway ...You can leave it to Spielberg to mess things up after a good beginning. The latest Indiana Jones is a case in point. |