75 Years Ago: D-Day, Operation Overlord

I will be writing about this event in all my blogs over the next three posts.

From the History site:"D-Day:  Facts on the epic 1944 invasion that changed the course of WW II" by Dave Roos.

2.  THE D-DAY INVASION TOOK YEARS OF PLANNING.

Allied leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill knew from the start of the war that a massive invasion of mainland Europe would be critical to relieve pressure on the Soviet Army fighting the Germans on the Eastern Front.

It was initially called "Operation Sledgehammer" called for an Allied invasion of ports in northwest France as early as 1943, but Roosevelt and Churchill decided to invade North Africa first and then invade Europe through Italy.

November 10th in History-- Part 1: Marine Corps Organized

 From the Chicago Tribune.

1775--  The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.

1871--  Journalist-explorer Henry Stanley found missionary David Livingstone in central Africa.

1919--  The American Legion held its first national convention in Minneapolis.

1941--  Winston Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."

--RoadDog