A general view of Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, is seen during the 65th anniversary of D-Day at Normandy, June 6, 2009.

ARROWMANCHES, FRANCE - JUNE 06: Veterans gather as they take part in the Normandy Veterans Final Salute on June 6 2009 in Arrowmanches, France. . Several hundred of the remaining veterans of the Normandy campaign have returned to France, many for the final time, to take part in commemorations to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 1944. (Getty/Daylife)

ARROWMANCHES, FRANCE - JUNE 06: Veterans shelter in the main square from the rain prior to the Normandy Veterans Final Salute on June 6 2009 in Arrowmanches, France. . Several hundred of the remaining veterans of the Normandy campaign have returned to France, many for the final time, to take part in commemorations to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 1944. (Getty/Daylife)

(L to R) U.S. President Barack Obama, Britain's Prince Charles, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive at the Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery to attend a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, June 6, 2009. (Reuters/Daylife)

Taki on the failure to include the Germans in the official D-Day commemoration: Blood & Iron.

According to American General Burton, “the Germans are staying in there just by the guts of their soldiers. We outnumber them 10 to 1 in infantry, 50 to 1 in artillery and we have total superiority on the air. The Germans are not moving and the SS among them are the bravest.”

Well, it’s nice to read it at last. The German defenders fought to the last because they listened to the orders of their NCO’s, and unlike the Allied forces, did not wait for orders from up top. And there is another reason.

The Wehrmacht and the practice of 3GW. Americans still have a long way to go, according to experts like William Lind.

St Mere Eglise - D-Day airborne landing site


The Americans on D-Day


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