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Originally Posted by pedalhard (Post 8710162)

Actually the Usa fought the war in the PACFIC against Japan and only joined in near the end against Germany the d-day attack also had Canadians and the British so lets not get to carried away.

Can you tell me the name of the General that organized and planned the largest invasion in history?

There were approximately 10,000 casualities on D Day. British were 2,700, Canadian 945, US 6,600.

The point is that, had all these people not arrived, you would be speaking German.

BTW...know about the WWI battle of Vimy Ridge? Where French forces tried for a year, throughout 1915 to repulse German forces entrenched on the ridge. Then the Canadians showed up. British artillery pounded the ridge for a couple of weeks.

They took the first two German lines in an hour. By the end of the day, they had control of the entire ridge, despite 10,000 caualities and 3,500 deaths.

Seems like we all have a history of bailing out the French.

We were all happy to help. But show a little respect.