D-Day, Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

"… these men came here -- British and our Allies, and Americans -- to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve freedom. . . . Many thousands of men have died for such ideals as these. . . but these young boys. . . were cut off in their prime. . . I devoutly hope that we will never again have to see such scenes as these. I think and hope, and pray, that humanity will have learned. . . we must find some way . . . to gain an eternal peace for this world." - via Carlo D'Este's superbly crafted biography of Ike: 'Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life', Author: Carlo D'Este, ISBN: 0805056874, Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; 1st Edition

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The Allies That Landed On The Beaches That Day, The 6th Of June 1944 In Defense of Freedom: Canadian Forces, Free French Forces, French Fusiliers Marins, Free Polish Forces, Free Belgian Forces, Free Czechoslovak Forces, Free Dutch Forces, Free Norwegian Forces, United States Armed Forces, United Kingdom Armed Forces, Australia Armed Forces