Then they would need more ships to protect those transports during the crossing. More ships would keep them supplied not only with arms and bullets but also with cocacola and hershey bars and newspapers. Cigarettes. That couldre ships take that force and bring it across the channel and landed on an opposed beach. Apart from all that, they would still need more ships, thousands of more ships, to fight another war in the Pacific Ocean ocean halfway around the world against the japanese. That voracious demand for shipping in particular was the singular greatest pediment and bottleneck in allied planning and execution of dday landing. Without the ships, planning for any of that was an exercise in futility. In short, the story of dday is 20 minutesrrific seen that we see at the opening of saving private ryan. That moment of unimaginable on the and sacrifice landing beaches. It was also the years of training asilding, well as the landing. The first element of it is a strategic one. There is
The air as we go through the afternoon. Now, joining us live from new york city is craig symon, the author of the new book neptune. Thank you for joining us. We just saw yesterday the anniversary of the normandy and the anniversary of the dday. Why do you think that this still resonates with the American Public . Glad that itm does. I think it is important to remember important moments in american and even world history, particularly this one, or the world changed so dramatically as a result of the sacrifice of those who invaded northern france in 1944. I think the 70 it is particularly moving. It is a lifetime. If you consider that a man has 70 years seven years now have passed. Generations born obviously do not remember, they have no connection with it beyond those white old black and images on latenight television or a chapter in a history book. Not even the most recent chapter. Enough time has elapsed now that it would be easy, unfortunately easy, to let those memories slip. I am g