{"id":2966,"date":"2022-06-06T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:07:11","slug":"d-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2966","title":{"rendered":"D-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is the 78th anniversary of D-Day. Actually, it\u2019s the anniversary of a<\/em><\/strong> D-Day, although it\u2019s probably the most well known.\u00a0
Today is the anniversary of the Allied invasion of Germany occupied France. Rather than being the name of the operation, \u201cD-Day\u201d is a general term used to denote the beginning date of a military operation. The \u201cD\u201d stands for \u201cday\u201d when the actual date is unknown or classified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D-Day was originally scheduled for June 5, 1944. But poor weather predictions made General Dwight D. Eisenhower decide to to delay the invasion. Eisenhower\u2019s chief meteorologist, British Capt. James Stagg differed from the other experts and predicted impending rough seas and high winds for the English Channel. The weather conditions, while not ideal, improved on June 6. The improved weather is often cited in the overall success of the invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The code name for D-Day was Operation Overload. It included more than the initial landings and included plans to liberate north-western Europe from Nazi control. In order to pull off the operation, unprecedented international cooperation was needed. By the time the invasion started, over two million troops from 12 countries were involved. It was the largest naval, air and land military operation in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousand of Americans died during the invasion on D-Day and the following operations. On D+2 (June 8) the U.S. Army created the American St. Laurent Cemetery adjacent to Omaha Beach to begin the burials of those who had died in the past 36 hours. After the war, the cemetery was moved closer to the beach and rededicated as the Normandy American Cemetery. The next of kin of all the deceased were given the option to repatriate their loved ones to the United States or have them be buried at an American cemetery overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is an important anniversary in our history \u2014 think about those 9,387 Americans buried at Normandy and what they died for \u2014 then read today\u2019s news\u2026.
Maybe Stephen Ambrose said it best, \u201cAt the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn\u2019t want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we, all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.\u201d 
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