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Ike's "In Case of Failure" Speech
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Ike's "In Case of Failure" Speech

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Jun 6, 2023, 9:16 AM

With the benefit of hindsight, we can't really fathom a failure of the D-Day invasion, but it was a real possibility, at the time, that we might not be successful. Had Hitler not fully bought in to the deception at Pas de Calais, had his generals not feared to awaken him and moved their Panzers to Normandy, had the weather not held and rough seas disrupted the landing efforts, things could have gone very differently. No military operation is without risk of failure, and D-Day was certainly no exception. Thankfully, for the sake of the free world, the speech was never needed.

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2018/06/05/bad-news-the-speech-eisenhower-never-had-to-give/
Ike's D-Day Disaster Letter - Read the Speech Eisenhower Was Set to Deliver If the Invasion Failed - MilitaryHistoryNow.com
“Despite the seeming inevitability of an Allied triumph, the success of the cross-channel invasion in 1944 seemed like anything but a foregone conclusion.” “SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to...
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