National Security: D-Day

Tomorrow, 80 years ago, the combined forces of America, England and Canada attacked the Germans at the Normandy coastline in Northern France. It was the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. Weather played a huge role. The original schedule was for today’s date, but the weather was simply too stormy to risk the casualties. A slight break in the weather forecast for the following day permitted the decision to go.. Operation Overlord, as it was called, was an attack of epic size. No