Day after D-Day

Sixty-six years ago yesterday (56 Jun) British, US, ANZAC and French troops started the liberation of Europe. This one event has gone a long way in shaping our world today, so it was remarkable that none of the TV networks seemed to give any pause to reflect on this undertaking. Even the History channel just ran two shows regarding D-Day and the day after over and over.

The fact over 10000 allied participants were casualties and 2500 of those died to free Europe and stop the fascists in their tracks deserves a lot of attention, even in this time of cell phones and Ipads. Perhaps succeeding generations have become more and more distant, forgetting what an impact and what a huge sacrifice was mad eon 6 June. It is true is someone is just handed something they take it for granted so I suppose it is easy for people to have come to believe they are just entitled to their freedom, forget the Nazi atrocities even to the point of thinking the holocaust is some sort of hoax. This is untenable.

I will always be thankful that those soldiers stormed the beach. I am in awe of their achievement and often wonder if I would have had the guts to have faced the fierce fire coming form the German positions. Could I have lived through the hardships, the privation, as did those brave souls? I have my doubts.

To all those D-Day heroes still living, you have my undying thanks and admiration and a promise that I will not forget nor allow my children to forget the sacrifice you made to make the world a better place.