80 Years Ago We Built 2 Harbors in Normandy in 10 Days

[Weatherman2020]

Mulberry Harbors, Churchill’s idea.
Compare that in contrast to Biden’s $320M pier for terrorists that took months to build and fell apart on its own before it even went into service.

 

[Crepitus]

Mulberry Harbors, Churchill’s idea.
Compare that in contrast to Biden’s $320M pier for terrorists that took months to build and fell apart on its own before it even went into service.

We planned and prepared for that for a couple of years and spent what would be billions in today's money to do it.

Not really apples to apples here.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Mulberry Harbors, Churchill’s idea.
Compare that in contrast to Biden’s $320M pier for terrorists that took months to build and fell apart on its own before it even went into service.
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Well, let's try and be respectful of the upcoming D-Day anniversary and leave present day politics out of it. It's a bit beneath even you.
The Mulberry lasted all of two weeks before it was destroyed by a storm. An impressive feat no less for a world that was at war.

D-Day: Mulberries

Mulberries Due to the usual poor weather conditions at the three-mile stretch at Cherbourg, France, the British worked a few years before the invasion to conceive and design a unique way to keep the uninterrupted supply of men and materiel to combat the enemy. These designs resulted in two...

www.history.navy.mil

 

[Mac-7]

We planned and prepared for that for a couple of years and spent what would be billions in today's money to do it.

Not really apples to apples here.

We didnt have diversity, equity, and inclusion in those days

America just used the best people rather than selecting them by color

 

[Foxfyre]

Mulberry Harbors, Churchill’s idea.
Compare that in contrast to Biden’s $320M pier for terrorists that took months to build and fell apart on its own before it even went into service.
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80 years ago the USA valued efficiency, expertise, competence, integrity, excellence.

Now it's 'woke.'

We all see D Day with a mixed bag of emotions. It was the beginning of the end of a Third Reich that no honorable person condones or sees as anything other than a vicious, genocidal regime and a stain on all that is good and honorable.

But it came at such a terrible cost in blood and treasure that the reasonable wonder if something different might have been better. But we can't change history. At least we cannot do so honestly or honorably. But we can learn from it.

I shudder to think that if those brave soldiers who stormed Normandy had been commanded by the current 'woke' administration how much less effective we would have been. And it is unlikely we would have brought Germany to unconditional surrender. And the world would be a much different place now.

 

[Moonglow]

Mulberry Harbors, Churchill’s idea.
Compare that in contrast to Biden’s $320M pier for terrorists that took months to build and fell apart on its own before it even went into service.
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FUBAR

 

[Moonglow]

We didnt have diversity, equity, and inclusion in those days

America just used the best people rather than selecting them by color

Because white is not a color

 

[Mac-7]

Because white is not a color

Thanks for conceding that white privilege is a lib myth

 

[Moonglow]

Thanks for conceding that white privilege is a lib myth

I did well with mine.

 

[Robert W]

We planned and prepared for that for a couple of years and spent what would be billions in today's money to do it.

Not really apples to apples here.

You have not done construction work, have you?

 

[Robert W]

80 years ago the USA valued efficiency, expertise, competence, integrity, excellence.

Now it's 'woke.'

We all see D Day with a mixed bag of emotions. It was the beginning of the end of a Third Reich that no honorable person condones or sees as anything other than a vicious, genocidal regime and a stain on all that is good and honorable.

But it came at such a terrible cost in blood and treasure that the reasonable wonder if something different might have been better. But we can't change history. At least we cannot do so honestly or honorably. But we can learn from it.

I shudder to think that if those brave soldiers who stormed Normandy had been commanded by the current 'woke' administration how much less effective we would have been. And it is unlikely we would have brought Germany to unconditional surrender. And the world would be a much different place now.

FDR banned blacks from combat duty. FDR soaked Americans to pay for his war. Really soaked them. Today we are not nearly as close to the FDR soaking. FDR due to war got saved from the Depression lasting longer. D Day was much better planned out. Also then the Chiefs of Staff had combat duty responsibility. This was taken from them at the end of WW2 so apparently somebody was not happy.

 

[Mac-7]

I did well with mine.

Of course

All the libs at Lake Woebegone tell us they are above average

 

[Moonglow]

Of course

All the libs at Lake Woebegone tell us they are above average

I managed to take advantage of every condition in life with my white liberal card

 

[Robert W]

Of course

All the libs at Lake Woebegone tell us they are above average

Calling Democrats liberals is like calling women who make money from sex stars. It totally misrepresents Democrats.

 

[Robert W]

I managed to take advantage of every condition in life with my white liberal card

Did you fight wars that blacks could not, such as WW2? FDR banned them.

 

[Moonglow]

Calling Democrats liberals is like calling women who make money from sex stars. It totally misrepresents Democrats.

And look who pays to pays them to ****.

 

[Toro]

That's amazing.

Now we can't get the permitting office to return our calls in 10 days.

 

[Moonglow]

Did you fight wars that blacks could not, such as WW2? FDR banned them.

You evidently have no idea about WWII and American soldiers airmen, or sailors.

 

[Mac-7]

I managed to take advantage of every condition in life with my white liberal card

Good for you

You are too gifted to be a mere shoeshine boy

 

[Moonglow]

FDR banned blacks from combat duty. FDR soaked Americans to pay for his war. Really soaked them. Today we are not nearly as close to the FDR soaking. FDR due to war got saved from the Depression lasting longer. D Day was much better planned out. Also then the Chiefs of Staff had combat duty responsibility. This was taken from them at the end of WW2 so apparently somebody was not happy.

What field combat duty did Eisenhower have during WWII?