D Day
Today June 6, 1944 is the 60th anniversary
of US soldiers landing on the beaches of Normandy.
In December 1943 President Roosevelt appointed General Eisenhower,
as Supreme Allied Commander, with orders to "Enter the Continent of Europe,
and in conjunction with other United Nations, undertake operations aimed
at the heart of Germany and the destruction of her armed forces"
The enormity of this task cannot be over stated, by the early months of 1944
Britain was a virtual army camp with 3.5 million troops, soldiers, sailors
and airmen all training for the mammoth task that lay ahead. British, American,
Canadian,
Australians and New Zealanders, French, Belgians, Norwegians, Poles and Czechs
along with the Dutch, all with the same objective. The Liberation
of Europe from the Evil clutches of Hitler's occupation.