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"Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! ...
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65 years ago today....The Day of Days. D-Day. You're welcome, France!
"Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a 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 the 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 Nations 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 blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking."
Why are we celebrating the death of so many people? All around this should be a tragedy. The killing of Jews by the Nazi army, the brainwashing of young soldiers by Hitler, the slaughter of people by the allied forces. Yet somehow this turned out to be something to celebrate? Speaking as someone who grew up in Germany, I was taught a much different picture of Hitler and Nazi Germany than most of you.
Why are we celebrating the death of so many people? All around this should be a tragedy. The killing of Jews by the Nazi army, the brainwashing of young soldiers by Hitler, the slaughter of people by the allied forces. Yet somehow this turned out to be something to celebrate? Speaking as someone who grew up in Germany, I was taught a much different picture of Hitler and Nazi Germany than most of you.
It should be celebrated because it was the turning point in the war.
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There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "couldn’t be done," and you’ll do it.
It shouldnt be celebrated because the simple fact that such a war had to be fought is just a waste of humanity.
It isn't the killing of people that is being celebrated.
It is the bravery and sheer determination of those Allied Forces who participated in D-Day that is being celebrated. They risked all and some gave all to stop a threat to everyone and everything they loved.
It is those people that are being celebrated and what they did so that we could all remain free.
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There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "couldn’t be done," and you’ll do it.
And what they did so you could remain free, was kill people. See my point...
Its really not that hard to grasp. Any war, no matter what the reason or the side, is just a sad thing. You can try and sugar coat it anyway you want, but their "bravery and sheer determination" still involved the death of another person by their hands.
And what they did so you could remain free, was kill people. See my point...
Its really not that hard to grasp. Any war, no matter what the reason or the side, is just a sad thing. You can try and sugar coat it anyway you want, but their "bravery and sheer determination" still involved the death of another person by their hands.
It did involve taking lives. I am not trying to sugar coat it.
I am saying that they did what they had to do to protect their loved ones back at home and we celebrate what they did for us.
It is very sad that any lives had to be taken in the conflict but we didn't start it. We just had to finish it.
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There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "couldn’t be done," and you’ll do it.
Today...is the day....of days. 
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