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Lionel Mandrake

(4,212 posts) Fri Jun 5, 2015, 02:49 PM Jun 2015

Today is the anniversary of when D Day was supposed to happen. [View all]

The invasion of Nazi-occupied France in 1944 was originally scheduled for June 5 but had to be postponed because of bad weather. The weather forecast for the following day was not quite as bad, so Ike decided that June 6 would be D Day.

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Today is the anniversary of when D Day was supposed to happen. [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jun 2015 OP

I didn't know that. Kali Jun 2015 #1

And just as you were posting I was saying to myself "everybody knows that." malthaussen Jun 2015 #2

Yup! elleng Jun 2015 #3

I wish they had included Samuel Fuller's excellent The Big Red One CBGLuthier Jun 2015 #9

There are also some good books about D Day. Lionel Mandrake Jun 2015 #12

And it was a close thing, even so, my dear Lionel Mandrake! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #4

Yes, the weather was still bad on June 6, but ... Lionel Mandrake Jun 2015 #5

How did it turn out? rug Jun 2015 #6

CNN reports too close to call Kennah Jun 2015 #8

Bazinga! pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #16

Karl Rove disputes that the Allies took Omaha Beach DFW Jun 2015 #10

The Germans claimed they were never defeated. Lionel Mandrake Jun 2015 #13

Some things never change. Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2015 #7

Come to Southern California antiquie Jun 2015 #11

It's 84� right now in Antelope Valley (North L.A. County) pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #14

It would be nice to have this weather thru Autumn. antiquie Jun 2015 #15