Yesterday, 66 years ago, one of the greatest military endeavors ever attempted took place, the invasion of Normandy, France. It was the final thrust to put Hitler's Germany out of commission.
The June 6th Chicago Tribune had one of their very interesting "Ten things you might not know about" listings. This time, of course, it was about D-Day. This one was by usual suspect Mark Jacob who was helped by Stephan Banzkofer. Where these guys come up with their info is an amazement. Thanks guys.
1. War photographer Rober Capa landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day and took more than 100 pictures, but a darkroom technician messed up and only a dozen pictures were developed, but these few told the story better than anything else. He died in 1954 after stepping on a landmine in Indochina.
2. Before D-Day, British intelligence was extremely concerned about crossword puzzles. The London Daily Telegraph's puzzles had contained the words Overlord and Neptune (which were code names for the whole operation and landings), Utah and Omaha (the American invasion beaches) and Mulberry (the code name for the artificial harbors planned for after the invasion.
Agents interrogated the author, a Surrey head schoolmaster named Theordore Dawe. It turned out to be just a coincidence.
But, that was way too much of a coincidence so I don't blame them.
More to Come. --Cooter
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