Word: d-day
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Then, overnight it seemed, the G.I.s disappeared. They had gone to D-day to begin the liberation of Europe. It was a campaign that put American soldiers side by side with British, not always with happy results. Many of the British were veterans of the battles against Rommel in the Western Desert. They considered themselves hardened campaigners and thought the G.I.s amateurs. The Americans expended vast quantities of ammunition to gain ground and expected air support in every attack. They were also much more generously equipped than the British, regarded luxuries as necessities and seemed to have money to burn...
...continuing contest with a highly unconventional enemy in Iraq and around the globe. Special forces "have been a huge combat multiplier in this joint campaign to topple this regime," declares Army Lieut. General David McKiernan, the top U.S. commander in Iraq. "Their effects were felt before D-day and are still felt today...
...Give the date of D-Day...
...inspiring to think of their courage; it is staggering to think of their sacrifice. As President Reagan affirmed in his June 1984 tribute to the heroes of D-Day, “We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free...
...faster-moving world, we find ourselves thinking about days and the way that a single one--think D-day, think 9/11--can have consequences that play out for decades. This month marks the 80th anniversary of the day in 1923 when TIME published its first issue. Our magazine began as a means to shed light on the course of events, so in keeping with that mission, we decided to mark our milestone with a fresh experiment in history. Let us suppose that George Santayana was right, that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Then which...