The Battle for North Africa (I'll spare you listing them all), American troops fight for the first time in the war, the Japanese invade American soil on the Alaskan island of Attu to try to draw American naval power to it. The Allies invade Sicily, the race to Messina is on. The speech begins at roughly one minute. Skip to 1:00, or wait. Both are good. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89lXZpriP_o]World War II In HD Roosevelt Speech flv - YouTube[/ame]
The fight to liberate the great cities of Europe, the allied invasion of Normandy. I want to draw your attention to a forgotten individual whose body was dropped off the Spanish coast to look like he was a shot down officer with fake plans regarding the invasion. A Welsh man named Glyndwr Michael, homeless if I remember right. Who had died and was lying in a morgue when his body was chosen for a mission which would save countless lives, both soldier and civilian. There are two videos today. Eisenhower speaks to the troops before combat. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_KDDptfPhk]Eisenhower D-Day Speech - YouTube[/ame] Roosevelt speaks to the nation in one of his famous fireside chats. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMy1ZLyaSqk]D-day FDR prayer. (two steps from hell, heart of courage) - YouTube[/ame]
There were many great battles after Operation Overload, from Caen to Bastone to Berlin. However, I do not have the time for it all, I apologize. For those who wish to learn, there is a link under the Oliver North video for a great documentary which details the war. I will also include a link to a Youtube-er's page with every episode of WW2 in HD, it tells of the war but is also the story of individuals. VE Day Skip to 23:32 for the portion, there is no great speech, just watch. This is the final video, it details all that I would discuss later anyway. Enjoy, it is wonderful. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujvXWSdT3U]WWII In HD, Episode 10, End Game (FULL EPISODE) - YouTube[/ame] I wanted to add something that this video does not discuss, the Soviets attacked the Japanese on a massive front across Chinese Manchuria. With no more war in Europe they were able too, they hated each other since before the First World War if I remember right, they had their own conflict pre-WWI. kar98k1000's channel - YouTube
Many still can't, which is part of why I did this. I hope all who viewed it took away something worthwhile. I enjoyed doing this, I love it.
I wanted to add this. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtb1gxZ9kM0]Carentan O Carentan - YouTube[/ame]
The great triumph of World War Two was that for a short time, on all fronts, the forces of tyranny and evil were defeated.