They are mostly gone but still remembered by some.

Also, Thank You Canada and Great Britain. All three Nations were once much better.

Salute to all those who served and gave their lives on D-Day and the subsequent Normandy campaign. We should also mention the Free French forces who also participated.

On a related note, check out the home pages for Google and Bing and you'll clearly see where their leanings lay.

Eisenhower's order of the Day

"Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force:
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.
The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.
In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.
But this is the year 1944. Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations1 have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned. The free men of the world are marching together to victory.
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory.
Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking."



He also made a speech that was only prepared if the invasion failed and seemed to take full responsibility for it.

:"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."

I have my late grandfathers original copy of the note that was passed to every soldier on the eve of the landings. It is framed. He never spoke of the day to me - or any of his actions. I don't know how or why but he was given Canadian citizenship after the war and lived there for years.

A breed mostly long gone.

What is your Google home page saying? Here, it's just something related to the small country that I happen to be in.

FDR D-Day speech broadcast on radio, afterward, churches across the USA were packed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uvGjOHFcs

https://www.fdrlibrary.org/d-day

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Thanks PM, not sure what that's supposed to signify, but it's not a massive seaborne invasion.

By the way, I thought AT&T were going to stop using that somewhat misleading '5GE' symbol for their 4G network.

Remember D-Day would not had been succeeded without this costly failure and waste of human lives. This is the result of the Allies caving into Stalin's pressure to open a second front.

https://canadiansatarms.ca/the-dieppe-raid/

Do not forget the casualties of Dieppe.

907 killed
2,460 wounded
1,946 captured

All of them Canadian.

There have been 100 of movies made about World War 2. I still don't understand why none has been made about Dieppe.

Only movie that was made about Dieppe is this historically inaccurate TV movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_(film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106720/

Incorrect. They were largely Canadian but there were also UK and US casualties as well.

Those 907 killed 2,460 wounded 1,946 captured that I listed were all Canadians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid


Look under the casualties section on the bottom right.

Your post insinuated that ALL of the casualties at Dieppe were Canadian.

Because Dieppe is a totally unknown event to the general population.

And because a poorly conceived and conducted operation that ended in total failure doesn't make compelling viewing for audiences outside Germany perhaps? And even the Germans probably wouldn't care to watch it.

Of course for our particular subset we'd all see it for certain. But box office doesn't rely too much on the wargamer demographic I don't think.

But the 'good guys' got their asses handed to them and most mainstream viewers wouldn't want to watch that right? The good guy has to win in the end to stick to the formula.

But you know, now I want to see this movie.

Excellent points all across DBond.

Lest forget.
Thinking of my Poppa today, who was there. Only 15,000 Canadians took part, so I am very proud of him.

I grew up on military bases that had streets named after WWI and WWII battles. I read as book about Dieppe. It was a slaughter.

Thanks for sharing that photo of your dad WT. You indeed should be very proud!