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
And recover the place and rebuild it. It takes the better part of the summer. Sherborg wont be running that much for the allies until about september 1944. By then its far away from the front lines that are, you know, in eastern france. Its a bit anticlimatic. Supplies coming from then. Well of course the most famous answer to that question is mulberry harbor. Thats the code name for artificial harbors at lies created through remarkable ingenious manufacturing. Basically create your own artificial harbors off the landing beaches. 7i one at gold beach, and one at omaha beach. You basically sink tetrahera and also block ships to create those breakwaters, and then you have kind of ramps and platforms and you unload stuff that way. Now those are in place within about a week or so of the invasion. But a terrible storm hits normandy from june 18th to 20th of 1944. Heavily damages the british mulberry harbor and destroys the northern mulberry harbor for good. The mulberries are overrated in