Yesterday, June 6, marked the 73rd anniversary of D-Day. Hitler's armed forces had rolled over most of Europe since 1939, taking France in 1940. But on this day in 1944, the largest invasion force in history landed on some beaches in France to end Hitler's tyranny.
Over 129,000 troops landed on those beaches. Over 6000 ships and more than 10,000 aircraft were involved. Winston Churchill, the prime minister of Britain at the time, said, "This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred."
The sheer scale of the operation was audacious. And they did it without computers. Or cell phones, or anything else invented in the last 73 years.
Commander of the invasion Dwight D. Eisenhower was all in. He said, “This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down there, and we’re throwing everything we have into it, and we’re going to make it a success.”
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