D-Day 75th anniversary: Our sentimental commemorations have conveniently ignored our reliance on the Middle East
5 years, 7 months ago

D-Day 75th anniversary: Our sentimental commemorations have conveniently ignored our reliance on the Middle East

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Roosevelt, Churchill and the representatives of Russia and China signed the United Nations Declaration on New Year’s Day 1942, two and a half years before D-Day. And several of the D-Day men thought that the June 1944 invasion, far from being a tactical operational necessity was a political strategy – because if the Brits and Americans didn’t get a move on, the victorious Red Army would soon be sunbathing on the beaches of Spain. And it’s not just because I’m writing this article in Beirut – but whenever I contemplate D-Day and the Second World War today, I think more and more of the Middle East. Sure, we didn’t like the local dictators – but I don’t recall the victors of D-Day bombing the brutal and corrupt police state tyrants of Eastern Germany or Poland or Czechoslovakia or Hungary or Bulgaria or Romania or Albania after the Second World War.

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At D-Day ceremony, American veteran hugs Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and calls him a savior
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At D-Day ceremony, American veteran hugs Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and calls him a savior

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The Independent  

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Live Mint  

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Daily Mail  

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Associated Press  

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