72 Years Ago

[Unkotare]

I can't believe I haven't seen any threads about the anniversary of this pivotal moment in history. The largest amphibious landing in military history. At great cost.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Look at the crowd you are dealing with

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The greatest generation, 18-20 year old kids storming beaches....while today 18-20 year old kids need safe spaces.

 

[williepete]

Look at the crowd you are dealing with

Many are pathetic.

"Normandy. That's where we dropped bombs and stuff?"

 

[whitehall]

The Normandy Invasion was a bad idea. The propaganda that passes for history never fails to remind us about the "secrecy" and how we caught the Germans by surprise. Casualties on "D" day were relatively low for a direct assault on an entrenched enemy, around 3,000 but it didn't take the Germans long to bottle up the invasion army and the "breakout" which is relatively ignored by the media would cost about 300,000 casualties in a little over a month. The Allied forces merely overwhelmed the Nazis with manpower.

 

[Wyatt earp]

The Normandy Invasion was a bad idea. The propaganda that passes for history never fails to remind us about the "secrecy" and how we caught the Germans by surprise. Casualties on "D" day were relatively low for a direct assault on an entrenched enemy, around 3,000 but it didn't take the Germans long to bottle up the invasion army and the "breakout" which is relatively ignored by the media would cost about 300,000 casualties in a little over a month. The Allied forces merely overwhelmed the Nazis with manpower.

Was a bad idea

What the heck would you have proposed, Mr. Arm chair quarterback 72 year's latter....

They didn't land in the med or where Hitler thought they would come ashore....

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[whitehall]

The Normandy Invasion was a bad idea. The propaganda that passes for history never fails to remind us about the "secrecy" and how we caught the Germans by surprise. Casualties on "D" day were relatively low for a direct assault on an entrenched enemy, around 3,000 but it didn't take the Germans long to bottle up the invasion army and the "breakout" which is relatively ignored by the media would cost about 300,000 casualties in a little over a month. The Allied forces merely overwhelmed the Nazis with manpower.

Was a bad idea

What the heck would you have proposed, Mr. Arm chair quarterback 72 year's latter....

They didn't land in the med or where Hitler thought they would come ashore....

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Armchair quarterbacks have been judging military operations forever from the Charge of the Light Brigade to Pickett's Charge in the Civil War. It isn't up to "armchair quarterbacks" to offer an alternative to bad tactics. It's up to defenders of bad military tactics to justify them.