Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "D-Day: What happened during the Normandy landings 80 years ago?" video.

  1. Indeed. My late father was, and forever remains, merely a 'D-Day dodger, out in Italy' in the eyes of such commentators.
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  2. Of course they are. Sir Keir has just discovered that he is fervently patriotic. Until after the election, that is.
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  3. Some might question whether the Soviet Army 'liberated' anywhere.
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  4.  @katimboallan4605  Put simply, oh ignorant one, lease lend only began in March, 1941, and then only to Britain. At the time Uncle Joe and adolf were best chums. Stalingrad began in August 1942 and ended in February, 1943. Aid to the Soviet Union began in August, 1941.
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  5. Presumably, just as an article about, for example, Kursk, would not have shown North Africa or Sicily?
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  6. Four years? In June 1940, Genial Uncle Joe & adolf were best pals. The German campaign in France was only possible because of Soviet supplied raw materials.
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  7. Rather more than a foot hold. They had just taken Rome. Alhough General Clark, who knew how imminent D--Day was, chose personal glory for himself rather than the destruction of German forces retreating from Cassino.
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