Why a Taiwan Invasion Would Look Nothing Like D-Day
Our natural impulse when thinking about future amphibious operations is to look to the past. Yet the reality is that no good point of comparison for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan exists.
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May 26, 2021
The first team of Taiwan artillerywomen poses for the press during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Credit: AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying
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Every year on June 6, the United States and its NATO allies commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, the daring amphibious assault on France’s Normandy region that helped bring down Nazism and liberated Western Europe. Today, commentators frequently draw parallels between D-Day and an imagined Chinese invasion of Taiwan. But such comparisons are wrong. Here’s why.
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