President Ronald Reagan - 40th Anniversary of D-Day [Audio]

Listen to the full speech here: http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3410

Address in Normandy, France to the American Rangers who fought on D-Day. After recounting events from D-Day and commending the those who fought in World War II for their service, Reagan uses the speech to make a comparison between the Allied fight against fascism and the current fight against communism.

June 6th, 1984

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[HistoriCall1]

Ronald Reagan parle de la prise de la pointe du Hoc, mais aussi des autres actions du D. Day et de toutes les nations alliées ayant participé au D. Day, dont les Français de Kieffer (à 4.49) et mentionne le courage de Bill Millin, le joueur de cornemuse de Lord Lovat (à partir de 3.32).

Un très bel hommage de la part de R. Reagan qui décéda le 5 juin 2004.

Rest in peace.

[Michaelbos]

Atlas, your one of the seeds that have destroy this country. STUPID remarks

[AtlasShruggery]

Ironically, the only fighting Ronald Reagan did during all of World War II was fighting his way to the bar during happy hour at the Hollywood Brown Derby.

[thelawguy666]

all good points. thanks for the chat- take care

[uzapuca]

I know what you mean. I used to have a prof. in the States who taught French and Russian Revolution, and was quite a character. Not all things the Russian did was bad. Ignorance is the mother of conflicts. I live in Europe with a good Public Health system and Welfare state a couple of ideas taken by the Socialists . I am sure is easy to start a business or make money faster in the US, but on the other hand living in a society who take care of its citizens is a pretty good feeling.

[thelawguy666]

i am familiar with this POV. a prof i had (who was an intelligence officer w/ CIA) insisted that the dimunition of the purity of the communist ideology through "westernization" was what ended the cold war. He actually spent quite a bit of time lecturing on the Soviet contributions to WWII in class. His admiration for the old empire sometimes had him sounding like an Apparatchik:)

[uzapuca]

Fair point a by-product of the Cold War.

Actually some researchers are saying now that the real Cold War ended when Russian elected a new president who is not from the Intelligence Community.

[thelawguy666]

uzapuca, yopu make a very valid observation. of course the soviet contribution was instrumental to the allied victory. without their contribution history would have been very different indeed. i suspect that the lack of acknowledgement of the soviet contribution is in no small part a by-product of the cold war. it is indeed unfair to not give the red army its due credit for unimaginable sacrifice.

[uzapuca]

thelawguy666, that is not the point. Of course, it was important to have a second front to speed things up. The problem is HOW people re-write history as if D-Day is the ONLY things that matters in the WWII. I am a Westerner and i live in Europe and i NEVER heard anything positive from the Western Media regarding the Soviets contribution in the WWII. How come? Do you think that is fair?

[thelawguy666]

and if you think that the red army could have beaten the nazi's without the second front opening on the west you are quite mistaken.