Did you?
If you did, then crack open a history book and read what happened on that fateful day now 79 years ago...
American, Canadian and other allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, and yes, hundreds and even thousands paid the ultimate price for their bravery to liberate the occupied countries in Western Europe.
Sure, Hitler was still "in charge," but not for long...
Yes, he was still killing those who opposed him and those who were "useless eaters," such as old Jews, Catholics, Gypsies and others, not to mention the physically and mentally disabled.
But the more cognitive generals knew that the "1,000-year" Third Reich was quickly coming to an end...
Some of those generals saw the handwriting on the wall and covertly attempted to sue for peace with the allies, mainly, the American and British forces...
But in less than a year, Hitler was history and Europe was, indeed, liberated, save the war-torn section of Germany that was divided between the "free" West and the Soviet Eastern bloc countries under communist domination. The "Iron Curtain" was erected (then, eventually the Wall) and the post-war airlift efforts were initiated to feed and rescue as many folks as possible out from under Stalin's iron fist...
The longing to be free led to nearly 200 hundred East Germans to attempt to escape into West Germany, with many suffering death by machine gun fire or re-capture, torture and death.
It wasn't until 1989 that the Wall was finally demolished, and East and West Germans were able to travel freely between sectors...
There is so much history that was written -- and still being written -- about June 6, 1944, as well war movies that are still being made about the invasion that saved France and all of Europe because of the sacrifice of our troops and longing of peoples to be free, that I haven't even scratched the surface in this little missive...
Remember the cliche that freedom isn't free? I hope that we never forget that, because if we do, then we will certainly repeat history over and over until we are either enslaved or we destroy ourselves...
Pray for strength and honor!
Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...
Gene DeLalla
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