Posted on 11/12/2004 9:10:26 PM PST by Retain Mike
This accurate account of the “D-Day Disaster” should help you understand the media stories of Fallujah as they are being invented.
“The allies finally began the second front promised to the Soviets in 1942, as forces landed on the Normandy beaches. The British failed to capture the critical objective of Caen and the U.S. 1st Infantry was been decimated on Omaha beach. The allies suffered many unnecessary casualties because bombers struck innocent civilians behind the beaches instead of Nazi fortifications. Because of an intelligence failure, U.S. Rangers were needlessly slaughtered at Pointe-du-Hoc, when they discovered the artillery they were sent to destroy was never installed. Paratroop drops the night before scattered soldiers so badly few found their objectives by morning and over half are still missing. Back in England un-named sources say General Eisenhower abandoned SHAEF headquarters early in the evening of the 5th. On D-Day they say he appeared at 21 Army Group headquarters to ask a few questions, but took no active part in decisions as landings proceeded. Retired Major General Noel Hopkins a veteran the Somme said attempting this landing when the weather is so unpredictable invites a major counter-offensive precisely when allied air power is grounded. A spokesman for SHAEF says the landings have been successful and the buildup is proceeding on schedule”.
Well said.
Ummm, 1942? More like 1944...
Yes.
Churchill wanted to hit the "soft underbelly of Europe" first thought.
It well illustrates the point: any, or all of WWII could be revised in this way...good thing the press was on our side then.
Eisenhower was a "yes" man. He chose a day with the worst possible weather then complained about so much being lost in the seas and because of the seas as if someone else had chosen that day.
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