Friday, June 6
59 years ago.
History puts the allied losses at Omaha Beach on D-Day at about 2,000 men. Most died before reaching dry land, either sucked down by the sea or clobbered by mortars and machine guns. In a single battle for this small stretch of beach, the difference was made by a few with amazing courage and good fortune. They turned the vaunted Atlantic Wall from unbeatable strategy for defense into one of the greatest blunders in modern military history.
History puts the allied losses at Omaha Beach on D-Day at about 2,000 men. Most died before reaching dry land, either sucked down by the sea or clobbered by mortars and machine guns. In a single battle for this small stretch of beach, the difference was made by a few with amazing courage and good fortune. They turned the vaunted Atlantic Wall from unbeatable strategy for defense into one of the greatest blunders in modern military history.
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