I know that those rumbles we feel are those Giants turning,, waiting for us ..to embark on saving their Great Crusade.

Look up “Sherman Tank”. On Wiki, it confirms what my father told me (he was an Infantry vet of the ETO).
The Germans called the Sherman the “Ronson”, after a cigarette lighter advertised to light first time, every time. When the Brits had Shermans, the Krauts called them “Tommycookers”.
Considering how much crap Bush got over underarmored Hummvees, it would be interesting to see what crap FDR got for the Sherman. All BDS, but the people who don’t know history don’t even know they’re spouting BDS, and those who do can be confident those they’re trying to convince don’t.

A bit of personal history: somewhere around 1970, Time Life advertised a series of books on WWII. The featured volume was The Battle of Britain. It matched them, as I recall, with what we would today call a mini-series on television. I was too young to really appreciate this, but the name “Battle of Britain” caught my attention. To name a battle after a river, a plan, a city, that I understood. But to declare, as Churchill did, that a single battle engulfed a whole country touched a chord in me.

The Battle of Britain shared more with the campaigns of U. S. Grant in the east than with the classical battles of Alexander or Caesar. It was a matter of unrelenting pressure punctuated by punishing attacks, intended to force an eventual collapse somewhere, followed by rapid exploitation. Grant made it work. Hitler could not, for various reasons. (Large among them was the character and skill of the leaders.)

In 1978/79 I had a history teacher for whom the twentieth century was his life’s history. He was a replacement of a replacement, and I’m sure he didn’t look very promising on paper. He declared that he’d gotten into World War I by adding two years to his age, and into World War II by taking a few years off, and managed to stay in for Korea. Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know. But after a couple of days of confusion, we came to respect him for two things. First, in the late summer heat, without air conditioning, he wore his suit every day and never showed an ounce of sweat–or discomfort. Second, he began each class by copying out a part of the bafflegab that was the NY State History Syllabus, complete with typos. Then he told the story of the period as one who lived it, in plain language.

That’s when I realized that history and the present are a continuum, and that the contents of the history books are as relevant as what I lived myself.

And so I began to take history seriously, not as an object of study but as a part of living, and to question the judgement of news media, who were injecting opinion at an ever-increasing rate.

I don’t even recall that teacher’s name now, but I owe him a lot. And I also owe a lot to Churchill, and to the “old” Time-Life for running those books when they did.

I just wanted to pass along that in Canada, we have the Royal Canadian Air, Army and Sea Cadets as do Britain, Australia, and Taiwan.
http://www.cadets.ca/home-accueil.aspx
watch the video posted on the home page

These are kids between 12 and 19 years old who learn about many aspects of the military and our history, travel the country and the world, learn skills from public speaking to marksmanship, drill, and even how to fly a plane (full pilots license for deserving Air Cadets).

My daughters are both Air Cadets and their Squadron was involved in a ceremony and laid a wreath at our local cenotaph for the D-Day remembrance. That’s over 80 cadets from only 1 of the three groups in our small town, so I do have a small amount of hope that our children will be able to keep knowledge of these events and respect for those involved alive. After the ceremony my older daughter was approached by an elderly gentleman who told her he was an Air Cadet in 1948, congratulated her on the state of her uniform and the polish of her boots, and wished her the best in her life.

Canada may have a disappointing government history after WW2, but there is still a large segment of our population who will never forget and takes pride in our involvement in WW2.

Thanks, neo.

This is exactly part of the problem. History is compressed into stylized, short versions to fit certain templates that are politically expedient and convenient. In fact, this is encouraged by the Muslims themselves and assisted by their Western enablers. Many of whom are strategically placed and compromised.

And if you challenge these false views of history and Islamic theology, the same tactics the Left use to marginalize you are deployed. Name calling, straw man, cannard, etc.

Judging by the evidence we have before us, it works and they are winning.

Here you go:
http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/07/22/obama-denounces-d-day-landings/

I have heard about it soon after that speech.

Before D-Day, there was Dieppe.