"Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark on the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you..."
The beginning of US General Dwight D. Eisenhower's order of the day for June 6, 1944. The invasion of Normandy would be the largest military operation the world had yet seen.
As he met with the men of the 101st Airborne Division before they boarded their planes, Eisenhower reminded them that the allies would accept "nothing less than full victory."
But, I have seen his announcement that he had had prepared to make had the invasion failed. Glad he didn't have to make THAT announcement.
The Longest Day. --DaCoot
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