What do you recall about D-Day? Take the quiz below.
Amphibious
assault was the method of choice for mounting an invasion during the WWII
period. Whether the intended target was
in North Africa, an island in the Mediterranean, a Pacific atoll or island chain,
or into “Fortress Europe” British and
American forces had to attack and capture territory from the beaches
inward.
Every
amphibious landing resulted in brutal casualty figures as men waded ashore
under withering fire from the enemy forces intent upon repelling the
invaders. The Marine Corp and Army spent
agonizing months island hopping toward the Japanese home islands. The Navy fought many battles at sea to
deliver, defend, and resupply the men on the beaches.
The D-Day
invasion of Normandy goes into the history books as the biggest, bloodiest,
most violently opposed and most desperate ventures in modern warfare. We just lost the last WWII veteran to serve
in the U.S. Congress. The remaining WWII
veterans are rapidly leaving this life.
It is incumbent upon those of us who still recall their sacrifices to
maintain and pass on the courage and determination of the men who stepped off
the landing craft into neck-deep cold water and waded ashore to begin the final
phase of WWII in Europe.
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