The 75th Anniversary of D-Day: The Lessons We Must Draw from Normandy
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By Dustin C. Richards
June 06, 2019
“Earn this.†So says Capt. John Miller to the eponymous soldier in the epic film Saving Private Ryan, which depicts the monumental undertaking of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. On the 75th anniversary of that tide-turning battle in the European theater of World War Two, it is worth reflecting on the legacy of the battle and the sacrifices of the men who fought it.
The sheer magnitude of the forces involved in the largest amphibious assault in history on June 6, 1944, are astounding. Nearly 7,000 ships and more than 10,000 aircraft transported more than 156,000 men across the English Channel to gain a vital foothold on the Continent. More than 4,400 men did not see the sunset that night, nearly equal to the number of troops lost in the entirety of the Iraq War, and almost double the number who have given their lives in Afghanistan.
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