The 80th anniversary of D-Day: Remembering and emulating our heroes
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🗓️ 6 June 2024
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Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northern France, is commonly known as D-Day. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join other world leaders for today’s commemorations. What gave our heroes the courage to fight so sacrificially and bravely? How can their resolve strengthen our own?
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, June 6th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum. |
| 0:14.4 | On this day in 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for the largest amphibious |
| 0:23.1 | military operation in history. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northern France, is commonly |
| 0:30.2 | known as D-Day. Some 155,000 troops successfully stormed Normandy's beaches. Within three months, the northern part of France was freed, preparing the way for the invasion force to enter Germany. |
| 0:43.6 | On this day, 4,414 Allied troops were killed and more than 5,000 were wounded. During the 12-week battle of Normandy that followed, some 73,000 were killed and 153,000 wounded. During the 12-week battle of Normandy that followed, some 73,000 were killed and 153,000 |
| 0:57.7 | wounded. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join other world leaders |
| 1:03.9 | for today's commemorations. Dozens of World War II veterans are expected to return to Normandy's |
| 1:09.7 | beaches, many perhaps for the last time. |
| 1:12.4 | What gave these heroes the courage to fight so sacrificially and bravely? |
| 1:17.2 | They were fighting for their country and for their families back home. |
| 1:20.8 | They were fighting for freedom for all mankind, and they were fighting for each other as brothers |
| 1:26.5 | united in the most terrifying battle of |
| 1:29.1 | their lives. How can their resolve strengthen our own? The U.S. faces a rising three-theater |
| 1:36.0 | threat today in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing |
| 1:41.8 | the conduct of war. The likelihood of space warfare with Russia and China is |
| 1:45.8 | escalating, and the U.S. military's new cyber chief is warning that China's hacking network |
| 1:51.6 | is seeking to preposition for future attacks on our critical infrastructure. As we face |
| 1:57.6 | such mounting threats, however, many Americans no longer believe in the country |
| 2:02.1 | for which our World War II veterans fought and died. |
| 2:05.6 | As I have been writing this week, it is conventional wisdom in elite schools and culture |
| 2:11.2 | that our nation was founded by racists and colonizers for the purpose of advancing their |
| 2:16.2 | personal fortunes at the expense of those they oppressed. |
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