Yes, today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to stop Hitler and his Nazi German military machine.
This from therightscoop.com.
The cost of that mission to defeat Hitler was high:
More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 soldiers to begin the slow, arduous slog across Europe, to defeat Adolf Hitler’s crack troops.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower said in a broadcast to the citizens of occupied Europe following D-Day:
Although the initial assault may not have been in your own country, the hour of your liberation is approaching.
