[ April 17, 2024 ]
Today is the anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe to defeat evil, oppression, and totalitarianism. America saved Europe. Saved her for what exactly? The Muslim invasion of Europe. Seventy three years later and one can barely recognize the moral or geopolitical landscape in the West.
Europe is on the brink – again but this time America will not save her.
73 Years Later, A Glimpse At What D-Day Meant To Americans And The World
Story continues below advertisementOn June 6, 1944, the liberation of Western Europe, the final phase of World War II, began. The D-Day operation faced almost impossible odds, and almost didn’t succeed.
Tyler Stone, The Federalist, June 6, 2017:On this day 73 years ago, at 2 a.m. EST, Americans awoke to reports that the Allied invasion of Europe had begun. All throughout the United States, people were woken by neighbors, radios turned on, and churches filled as all listened to the reports on the status of the invasion. For three long years the American people had been on a war economy. Everything and every action was to help the war effort. On June 6, 1944, the liberation of Western Europe, the final phase of the war, began.
When the American public began to hear of the invasion, it was already well into its second hour, and still U.S. troops had not taken Omaha Beach. The invasion started on time, but by then was behind schedule. The German defenses were stronger than anticipated, tanks were unable to get to shore to support the troops, and aerial and naval bombardments did not destroy their targets. The situation was dire. If the Americans could not take the beach, German armor would arrive and defeat the pinned-down troops with ease.
The Situation Was DireElsewhere the invasion also stalled. British and Canadian troops, despite securing their beaches, faced heavy fighting with Germans inland. They would not be able to secure their first-day objectives.
Far away, paratroopers were scattered all throughout Normandy. They were tasked with securing bridges and key cross-roads to stop German reinforcements to the beaches and keep them undamaged so the Allies could advance into France. Many paratroopers landed far away from their objectives, mixed with other divisions, and lost most of their heavy weapons and equipment. Undermanned and underequipped, these units started their almost impossible mission.
The risks of D-Day landings were well-known. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme Allied commander, had written his letter of resignation in case the plan failed. For a few hours the invasion appeared to be a disaster for the Allied forces.
Yet the plan did not fail, as the Allies continued to press forward against the German defenses all throughout Normandy. Officers rallied their men to continue advancing, and as more reinforcements came to shore to support the offensive they maintained high morale. Even men who were rescued from the water, wounded or shocked, and dropped off on a ship offshore wanted to get on a landing craft and return to the beach they had just left.
Despite being surrounded and outgunned, the paratroopers continued their missions in hopes that reinforcements would reach them soon. By 1:30 p.m. Central European Time, the last major German defense on Omaha Beach was broken and remaining German forces were defeated. History now tells that the D-Day invasion was a great success and helped seal the defeat of Nazism over Europe.
The Bitter Price of LiberationHow did the Allies rally against such impossible odds? Cecil Breeden, a medic in the 29th Infantry Division of the 116th Infantry’s Company A, said it best: “Every man was a hero, never saw a coward.” Company A was on the first wave of the invasion, and had one of the most dangerous tasks. When Company A landed, the men were under fire from three German pillboxes, combined with concentrated mortar fire. The company was decimated. At the end of June 6, of the 230 men only 18 were unhurt.
In Company A many came from a small Virginia town called Bedford. More than 30 men from Bedford served in World War II. Less than a half hour into the start of the invasion, 19 sons, husbands, fathers, and brothers were killed. Three more would be killed later in the Normandy campaign. Bedford, Virginia would suffer the largest per capita loses in World War II of any American town. Everyone in Bedford knew at least one who was killed, and many were friends who had grown up together.
To free Europe, Bedford paid a heavy sacrifice. The town and its people were scarred for many years, and the pain of the loss never left. For their sacrifice and suffering, the National D-Day Memorial was built in Bedford to proclaim the link between victory and its price.
Every June 6, people lay wreaths at the memorial in remembrance of D-Day. Those who attend are veterans from U.S. wars and delegates from France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and many other European nations to show their appreciation for those brave soldiers’ actions on that fateful day, now so many years ago.
How They Earned the ‘Greatest Generation’ MonnikerThe men and women who fought this war were heroic and earned the title “Greatest Generation” not only during World War II, but also before and after. Those who fought in World War II had spent their youth in the Great Depression. The average American age during the war was 26 years old, so the World War II generation was born between 1915 and 1919. They had experienced the stock market crash, the start of the Great Depression in childhood. This generation spent the next ten years of their lives trying to find work. Any money earned would go back to the family to help keep the house warm and food on the table.
With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States had suddenly entered the Second World War. The nation now called upon its citizens to fight and die for countries that had not provided assistance during the Depression and to help save people they never knew from lands they never saw. These men, some of whom were drafted and others enlisted, were thrown into the greatest conflict the world had ever witnessed. The United States waged a war to liberate the millions of people suffering under Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It lasted until the official signing of surrender from the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945.
The United States and its allies suffered much in people and money to free the world, and with the start of peace, it asked for no new lands or money to repay the Americans’ sacrifices. The only foreign lands the United States owns are places where American troops are still active, ready to defend those nations, and overseas cemeteries where American troops died to defend those faraway lands from threats.
Americans should always remember and honor June 6 for what so many thousands of the nation’s young soldiers went through and what their sacrifices achieved. The United States continuously loses more and more of its World War II veterans, so it is now the responsibility of subsequent generations to preserve their stories. Visit the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia and read “The Bedford Boys” by Alex Kershaw so future Americans will remember why freedom is so important. Through these stories, the current generation can see the cost of what so many take for granted.
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28 Comments
6 years ago
That Generation fought the oppressive , inhuman , barbaric , supremacist Nazis to keep world free !
Present generation of Left/liberal College kids and adults support far worse oppressive, inhuman, barbaric, supremacist Islamonazis to take away our freedom and welcome sharia law in installments !
Trump exposes the “moderate” jihadi Mayor of London on this kind of duplicity http://bit.ly/2svuNZ3
As only Trump can as he is not on payroll of saudi/qatar Islamonazi
paymasters like most Left/Liberal pro-muslim media/politicians are.
6 years ago
Reply to
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6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
9/11-D: the islamic takeover of the west begins. USA fought WWII to make room for islam. it’s the will of mohammad
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
The United States fought WW II and Amercans died to keep us free.
It is we free people who will kick Islam’s ass.
In God We Trust. And that doesn’t mean Allah.
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
AND IT’S THE WILL OF THE CHRISTIAN GOD THAT ISLAM BE DESTROYED AND YOU MUSLIMS BE KILLED UNTIL YOU SUBMIT TO THE TRUTH THAT YOUR PROPHET, MOHAMMAD IS A FALSE PROPHET WHO ONLY SERVES SATAN AND YOUR FALSE GOD THAT YOU CALL ALLAH ONLY EVER LIVED IN YOUR FALSE PROPHET’S IMAGINATION !
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
The will of God almighty is that you come to your senses and know that Jesus is the only way to heaven…your Islamic god cannot save you, only through Christ will you be saved. There is no other way…Christ said “I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except by me”
6 years ago
Great piece! Imagine what would have happened back then with this current generation of Western leaders in charge. Let’s welcome the Nazis in by the millions and hope they integrate. We would all be speaking German right now.
6 years ago
Reply to
Gizmo
History repeats itself. We have the exact scenario you describe in Europe and in the USA except in the place of Nazis we have Muztards, Magsicans, Africans, etc being welcomed and hoping they will integrate. They are not integrating and they won’t. They ALL hate America and are actively and effectively destroying it from within with the help of leftists around the world.
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This is a FAR more dire situation than WW1 or WW2. Even without the Muztards, Magsicans, and Africans, we’d still be in a far more dire situation just due to our own home-grown America-hating leftists.
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This is not going to end well. Prepare accordingly.
6 years ago
As in all of history the enemy must be physically driven out of the territory. All this PC brain washing crap has led to the nightmare we have now. People don’t want to admit the very real and incompatible differences between us and them.
I can’t really agree sbout letting the Islamonazis kill off the Europeans. They are our cousins afterall.
6 years ago
There would have been no D-Day, June 6, 1944 – or any other date – if not for the incredible US Navy victory at Midway two years earlier. The battle began June 4, and ended on the 7th with the sinking of the oft-crippled carrier Yorktown (CV-5). Examination of details of this battle reveals how close it came to being a stunning defeat, and a victory for the Japanese. This battle proved to be a major turning point in the war for Allied forces, but almost nothing is mentioned about it any postings 75 years later.
So this writer decided to say something about this battle, somewhat off-topic..
6 years ago
Reply to
Mark Steiner
Yes. We armchair historians, including me, remember Midway. I would have to disagree with you, however, that “it came close to being a stunning defeat.” Even if we did not break the Japanese code, and even if code name “AF” was not determined to be Midway, the battle would have been closer, but by no means a defeat. The loss of virtually all of our attacking torpedo bombers was due to defective torpedoes and bad attack strategy. Both these problems were remedied well before the Battle of Leyte Gulf where the Japanese naval forces were totally crippled.
6 years ago
Reply to
Bill Maidens
Yes. Had the Japanese instead sunk the three American carriers, the US Navy would not have had an active duty carrier in the Pacific. Saratoga was being repaired, Wasp was in the Atlantic, and the other older outmoded carriers like Ranger were suitable for training but unfit for modern combat.
The Devastator torpedo bomber was also called,”flying coffin”.
Admiral Nimitz did the right thing keeping his carriers where needed most. An attempted feint by Admiral Hosogawa toward the Aleutians (Plan AL) did not succeed in weakening the already under- and outclassed American task forces.
6 years ago
OT but related
Here it is folks in black and white. Here is the second head of the serpent behind the tidal wave of 3rd world immigration into the West. Gee, where did all these Muslims come from?
President Donald Trump should expand the economy by welcoming illegal immigrant consumers, rather than by boosting Americans’ wages and productivity, says a growing chorus of establishment voices on Wall Street, the federal government, and industry.
6 years ago
The continent of Europe had actually been invaded many months before, with the invasion of Sicily and later, Italy. Several storied battles, such as Salerno and Anzio had already taken place. Rome was liberated just before the Allies landed in Normandy.
6 years ago
Thank you for this post. In my father’s last years he said no one remembered and no one cared anymore. He also said, “this wasn’t what we fought for.” He was referring to modern America.
6 years ago
Regrettably, that exercise in protecting freedom is lost on western europe, It was an exercise that will not be repeated.
6 years ago
The way that the liberate europe is going, they will all be speaking arabic, if they aren’t already.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
And we should care, WHY?? For a good chunk of the 20th Century, we have been getting ready to, fighting to, and keeping ready to, protect Europe from itself.
Screw them.
6 years ago
Reply to
pandainc
It is not possible to help those who will not help themselves. That describes western europe.
6 years ago
You’re talking crazy stuff if you support islam taking over Europe, and then we Americans wiping out the muslims so Europe can become a part of ” the New American Empire ” ! That’s about the most insane idea that anyone has ever posted here on this site, and God know’s there’s been some crazy crap posted here in the past !
We must destroy the islamic supremacists scum that wish to destroy Western Civilisation and replace it with islam, and not allow our Heritage to be wiped off the face of this Earth to be replaced with a new dark age !
We and I do mean We must stand together if we wish to defeat the Common Enemy, Because if we don’t we are all dead men and enslaved or dead woman !
6 years ago
That invasion saved the world from the clutches of Nazism. Sadly, the only mention of it I found in yesterday’s newspapers was a commemorative “Peanuts” comic strip. The TV had nothing. How quickly they forget.
6 years ago
Most liberal snow flakes today I am afraid would not fight for America. Just like Reality winner who pledged allegiance to Iran against America in case of war these people are lazy, incompetent losers who do not respect their own country. They are a group of sick people who do not love America and would refuse to stand up for our freedoms. They think it is cool to burn their own countries flag. I would love to see them after living for a year in NK or Iran. Maybe that would knock some sense and a truer reality into their ungrateful brains.
6 years ago
What a betrayal of all our fathers and grandfathers who sacrificed their lives to keep the West free from enslavement by a madman, only to have that freedom willingly given away to other madmen by traitors in our midst.
6 years ago
A blind prophetess predicted what is going on in Europe right now. She also predicted 9/11. So far,she is right on. She predicted that Europe will fall to the Muslim hordes…..again.
