Totally off topic, but, nice to see, that:
1. Ike called it a “crusade”. Back then, we were allowed to use the word “crusade” as we were not compelled to be politically correct then.
2. Ike asked for blessings of God. Something else which would offend the sensibilities of the perpetually offended nowadays.
3. Back then, Ike wasn’t compelled to consider the carbon footprint of military operations. Has Trump rescinded that inane military regulation put in place by Obama and his boys???
To the Eastern Europeans it was hardly a “crusade”; it led to almost half a century of suppression of Christianity.
That was why so many supported the Axis to begin with; they knew what Stalin was, and fought tooth and nail to prevent communist revolutions in their countries (years before WWII even started).