Monday, June 06, 2022

On This Day In History...

...the Nazis met the American soldier face-to-face.  While it didn't go as well as the planners had hoped it would, it still did not go well for the Nazis.

Festung Europa, indeed.

3 comments:

  1. Hadn't they already met in Italy (invaded by British and Americans in September 1943)? ;-)
    This isn't to diminish the momentous accomplishment that the Normandy Landing was, mind you.

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  2. And in North Africa, yes.

    But Italy and North Africa are a lot farther from the Fatherland than Normandy is :-)

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  3. Have to agreed about the error in your statement. The Nazi soldier met the American soldier for the first time in a major effort on 19 Feb 43 and kicked some American butt at Kasserine Pass. You didn't add the qualifier until your response above.

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