D-Day: Eisenhower and the paratroopers' key to success 

That’s so cool!

Tell us his name.

8,000 allied troops died on D-Day. Learned that recently and I'm still stunned.

Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces. Eisenhower was in command

D-Day just sped it up. The Germans had been losing since late 1942 (Stalingrad and El Alamein), had been pushed back in Russia out of North Africa, lost Italy as an ally and had been retreating up the Italian mainland before D-Day. Germany had not been a threat to even the invasion of England since autumn 1940 when they lost the Battle of Britain. Germany had been failing in the west from 1940.

@@lyndoncmp5751America’s involvement still helped stop that dictator. Vote for decency democracy 🗳️🇺🇸The other wants to he a dictator and disrespects the greatest generation.

@@theinvisibleman2070 the message was understood…..

@@theinvisibleman2070 English is my second language... 😅

100% for sure

where was your bootcamp? My dad trained with the 101st before Patton requested him and has some great 101 stories from NUTS with no surrender

@@smaga3507 Fort Bliss, Texas, 1967

@@michaelcunninghamherrera7923 same loca to this day

Failed miserably for the battle of the bulge but A+ for game planing D Day. SAshame tanks sank, but not his fault. Amazing they were able to keep DDAY a secret.

Germans had 100000 men but no gas and thought US had over 100k which is only reason need for Patton for Germans would have attacked in about a week. I don’t get band of brothers with 101st getting attacked first for they arrived after with no warm clothes or anything but backpack in middle of night. Less than 100 killed of 15,000. Food and ammo dropped by 20:pathfinders who didn’t report to Patton. Patton was reenfocementb against 100000 Germans once the Germans had gas and better weather so Patton was helping for upcoming battles not for the success of 101st with under 100 Dead or injured. So that’s red for cements and not saving

He was there for the 75th anniversary El stoop ed and gave a very good tribute speech

Eisenhower was one of seven of our eight five star army and naval officers who went on record in 1945 stating that A The dropping of the atomic bomb was militarily unnecessary B The dropping of the atomic bomb was morally reprehensible C Both…Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Henry “Hap” Arnold, and Admirals William Leahy, Earnest King, Chester Nimitz, William Halsey.

Today's generation of "republicans" maybe.

Dress and lipstick a must have now

@@smaga3507 Are we projecting? You seem upset they didn't let you

They probably said this back in Moses’ day. Every generation thinks the latest generation is ruining things. Nothing but nostalgia for a world that never was.

I know much of the woke 20year olds don’t even think the holocaust took place. Taught in schools by 56 percent non Americans who don’t like America

My nephew has made the Navy his life’s work. Not sure I agree with your point but the attitude of Americans, their lack of knowledge about people and history, their bully and wimpy attitude (Bannon, MTG) shows me, our nation is spineless so I don’t worry about our troops.

Lol because it's an entirely different battlefield now, or are you still stuck in the 1800's when people lined up and shot each other

Nonsense

Our leaders are more focused on "Pride Month" than readiness at the moment.

What a stupid remark. Biden is nearly a vegetable.

@@JohanWXC sharper than the Orange Clown!

Now Eisenhower no battlefield command is very true. But Montgomery was definitely not the man despite never giving up on the push.

While it is true that General Eisenhower never saw combat his job above all else was to make sure everyone under him worked together as one team and be the military liason between the politicians and other generals. That is something that General Montgomery could not do.

@@ssgus3682 and he was at Westpoint for battlefield training.

@smaga3507 Of course Montgomery was the man. Montgomery was the most successful Western Allied ground commander of WW2 by some way. He took more ground through more countries while facing more quality German opposition than any other Western Allied ground commander in WW2. Eisenhower had to go running back to him in the Ardennes in America's hour of need.

@ssgus3682 Read my post properly. That's why I said Eisenhower was a great Supreme Commander. It's true that Eisenhower was great at being a diplomatic man manager. I agree. Eisenhower was NOT battlefield strategist though and when he took over from Montgomery as C-in-C of all allied ground forces in September 1944 that's when the allied advance stalled and made no real progress for the next six months, with even a retreat in the Ardennes. Eisenhower's broad front insistence was a mistake. Montgomery was a battlefield strategist, the best the western Allies had. That's why he was chosen to command all allied ground forces on D-Day and that's why Eisenhower turned to Montgomery again in the Ardennes. I never said Montgomery could have done Eisenhowers job of Supreme Commander. He couldn't have. However, he was a far better and more experienced field commander and strategist. Montgomery had already turned the tide against Germany in the west (El Alamein) before Eisenhower had any real active role in the fight against Germany.

Yet you damn the same man who actually oversaw the success of Operation Overlord - Montgomery. Incidentally, virtually all British supplied gas was from British sources and British captured ports. The American failure to capture the Brittany ports in their sector was a key reason that Eisenhower's favoured broad-front strategy was never likely to succeed, as well as due to the desperate shortage of reliable, heavy-duty trucks.

@@OldWolflad such bs.Hey little girl. My dad was with Patton, then Bradley after glove slap, then back to Patton for almost all of the battle of the bulge, We could have been in on Germany in two days with over 700,000 captures but Ike put lives on the line for Monty. Most gas was from USfor war including much to Russia,along with food and outfits. Much gas given to Brits prior to US entrance by the way. My dad was with the 101st also at first until Patton asked for him. Dad was there for US liberating two concentration camps, NUTS with McAlliff During the war, 90% of the oil required for the British as well as French war effort was supplied by the USA [57]. The UK (along with France and Italy) became dependent on the USA to fuel their military efforts during this increasingly oil-intense conflict.

Patton had already stalled in the Lorraine by the beginning of September. This was before Market Garden was even thought of. Patton couldn't even take Metz and the Lorraine when he was fully equipped in October. Patton took 4 months to move 100 km across the Lorraine. Market Garden moved 100 km just 3 days. Market Garden was the fastest allied advance against German opposition in the entire September 1944 to February 1945 period. Then after Market Garden, which was only 2 weeks in September, Eisenhower gave the Americans priority of gas and supplies all through October, November and December....and they got nowhere then ended up in retreat in the Ardennes. Eisenhower had to go running back to Montgomery to bail him out in the Ardennes. Hodges fled his command HQ in panic and Bradley dithered and did nothing so in frustration and anger Eisenhower turned to Montgomery to come down and take over commander of US 1st Army from Bradley and Hodges. Montgomery was the most successful Western Allied ground commander of WW2 by some way. He won more battles and took more ground (4,000 km) through more countries (8) while facing more quality German opposition than any other Western Allied ground commander in WW2. It was Eisenhowers broad front strategy that dragged the war on, wasting countless amounts of men and material in secondary campaigns such as the Hurtgen Forest, Lorraine and Alsace. He should have gone with Montgomery's idea of concentrating all allied forces together in a powerful advance to the Ruhr and then beyond, not messing about trying to break into southern Germany as well. Eisenhower dispersed too many forces across a 500km wide front.

​@OldWolflad Correct. And even if Market Garden had suceeded, the Americans to the south would have still failed to get beyond Aachen because they mistakenly decided to get themselves involved in the Hurtgen Forest debacle. The German forces that were diverted to and pinned down by engaging Market Garden in the Netherlands SHOULD have made it easier for the US 1st Army to get past Aachen to the Rhine in October but unfortunately they didnt. Even the follow on Operation Queen in November failed. The US 1st Army didnt even make it across the Roer River in November, nevermind anywhere near to the Rhine.

@@lyndoncmp5751 you can Gove your once upon a time, my dad was in the front lines with the highest of security clearance after a president. You keep reading your books. Again, most of the gas for Britain was from the USA and over in Britain to help Britain and then the much shorter time to distribute, AGAIN, Patton was there to capture Germany and all the retreating Germans who were on the Battle of the Bulge