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2013-06-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Operation Overlord: June 6, 1944 -- a short video

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Posted by Besoeker 2013-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 A nice repost from ThinkDefense about the Funnies.

Posted by Shipman 2013-06-06 05:10|| 2013-06-06 05:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't June 6th a national day of Forgetfulness in Phrance

Posted by Cheaderhead 2013-06-06 06:05|| 2013-06-06 06:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Prime Minister to Chief of Imperial General Staff:

I was very pleased last week when you told me you proposed to give an armored division to General Hobart. I think very highly of this officer, and I am not at all impressed by the prejudices against him in certain quarters. Such prejudices attach frequently to persons of strong personality and original view. In this case, General Hobarts views have been only too tragically borne out. The neglect by the General Staff even to devise proper patterns of tanks before the war has robbed us of all the fruits of this invention. These fruits have been reaped by the enemy, with terrible consequences. We should, therefore, remember that this was an officer who had the root of the matter in him, and also vision. I have carefully read your note to me, and the summary of the case for and against General Hobart. We are now at war, fighting for our lives, and we cannot afford to confine Army appointments to officers who have excited no hostile comment in their career. The catalogue of General Hobarts qualities and defects might almost exactly be attributed to any of the great commanders of British history.

This is a time to try men of force and vision, and not be confined exclusively to those who are judged thoroughly safe by conventional standards.

A problem to this very day.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-06-06 08:10|| 2013-06-06 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 It is said that Heinz G. raised a toast to Hobart and the new way of thinking.

What's really strikes me as odd is that Hobart was Montgomery's brother-in-law, which makes me suspect he had a had in keeping him down.

Posted by Shipman 2013-06-06 08:14|| 2013-06-06 08:14|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 That's generally Paris. The people of Normandy do remember.

Then again, since the Left took over the imposition of 'studies' over history in our schools, how many Americans know let alone remember that Yorktown was made possible by the French Navy turning back the British relief fleet in Battle of the Chesapeake and that the French provided nearly half the forces under the command of the Comte de Rochambeau the in the siege. The ruinous cost of supporting the war help precipitate the fall of the French government and the loss of lives of the royals who supported it. How grateful are we?

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-06-06 09:46|| 2013-06-06 09:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Well rendered in 'The Victors', by Stephen Ambrose.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-06-06 10:13|| 2013-06-06 10:13|| Front Page Top

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