World History
Related: About this forumFrom youtube- 1964 CBS Reports, Ike & Cronkite on the beach
I'm going to stop here b/c I don't want to spam the room
About an hour & half.
The French nun & those school kids walking right past the man who helped free/save France cracks me up every time. She didn't even acknowledge him.
Deuxcents
(27,703 posts)irisblue
(37,925 posts)NNadir
(38,542 posts)The Blue Flower
(6,594 posts)The video itself is history. Cronkite and Eisenhower at Normandy. A phenomenal record of the past. The General is careful to give credit to others. Our current 'president' would be taking all the glory for himself. We have no one of Ike's caliber in our world.
irisblue
(37,925 posts)Message Drafted by General Eisenhower in Case the D-Day Invasion Failed
General Eisenhower drafted this note to be sent in case the invasion failed. The note reads:Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foodhold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.
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byronius
(8,017 posts)Deuxcents
(27,703 posts)Ikes hope that mankind could find a peaceful solution to our problems so this would never happen again rings loud for most of the world..a most powerful and detailed account of the efforts of so many people fighting evil and the hopes of never having to do it again. Thanks for posting
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