Basically gave to al qaeda and the taliban a detailed explanation of what u. S. Strategy was going to be. And i dont remember the secretary of defense or other people last summer getting all hot an bothered about the mcchrystal leak. I think that was a far more egregious assault on civilian control of the military. Thanks very much. I really enjoyed it. [applause]. Youre watching American History t. V. All weekend, every weekend. On cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. At cspan history. Coming up, author and Professor John mcmanus talks about what happened in the days and weeks following the june 6th, 1944 dday invasion of normandy, france. He explores some of the challenges the allied forces faced, including the difficult terrain, and the german fortifications in the towns surrounding the beaches. This hourlong event was part of the National World war ii museums commemoration of the 70th anniversary of dday, in june. The focus today is post june 6th when to some exte
Cspan 3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable and satellite proprovider much watch us on hd. Follow us on twitter. In the weeks after the june 6th, 1944 dday invasion of normandy france allied troops faced difficult terrain and german fortifications in towns surrounding the beaches. Next military historian John Macmanus talks about what happened in the days and weeks after. What follows from june 7th on ward is an absolute bloody slog that ultimately leads deep into germany and the end of hitlers nazi germany. Heres where it begins. Dday sees this basic situation. You got the five distinctive landing beaches, obviously gold for british, juneau is sandwiched between them. Omaha beach americans carved out an enlargement there and west of that utah beach for the americans. Thats my primary focus the American Experience in normandy and a little bit what that was like. They need to get up to caratan so they can link up the beaches. Utah and normandy need to be link
I unleash the bombing again on july 25th knowing the danger this time. He decides to go ahead with it. Then okay well mark it with orange colored smoke which tells us, okay, dont bomb on this side of the orange colored smoke because thats the u. S. Lines. So the crew men are briefed do not do that. None of them want to bomb their own troops. What do you think happens on july 25th. Heres murphys law. Which way do you think the wind is blowing. Towards the u. S. Lines. So orange smoke is coming back towards the american lines, theres confusion by at least one or two groups and thats all it takes, they will unload their bombs over the u. S. Lines and there will be more friendly fire casualties. Ultimately 111 americans killed. Many come from the old hickory division. By july 25th, general hobbs hates the u. S. Air force. The 30th division is going to be told were sorry this happened to you but go ahead and attack. If you ever heard of the great war correspondent ernie pyle he wrote what t
Le wruz wrong about that. Howie turns out to be beloved by his mend and during one of the last drives for sanlo, he was killed by german shell fire. Either mortar or artillery, not really sure. His body is carried by other soldiers into sanlo and is placed under a flag. Its kind of a symbol of what American Youth has done. Hes known to this day as the major of sanlo. Thomas howie. So with this key objective, finally, in his hand, bradly hopes to kind of pivot out of san lurks o and beyond. I mentioned montgomerys good wood offensive. Now, originally, he had hoped to coordinate that with a major offensive by bradly pushing southwest out of sanl ourks. And both want to use the air forces to carpet bomb the front lines ahead of them. The americans rbt going to be in a position to push until july 24th. Thats several days after the good wood offensive. So july 24th, 1944, bradly will launch whats called operation cobra. Hes coordinated with the air force back in england to basically bomb in
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