A Day That Will Live in Infamy
Today is the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the blow that awoke the sleeping giant. The government of the US had wanted to enter WWII for some time prior, but hadn't managed to find a good excuse. Pearl Harbor provided that excuse.
Something that is often forgotten in the basic telling of the history of the Second World War was the terrible price paid by the Russians. The US and Britain fought in north Africa, then moved on to Italy, but during this time, the Nazis attacked Russia, and the Russians, virtually alone had to fight to protect their homeland. They retreated and gradually as the winter of 1942-43 became progessively colder, the Russians made a stand at Stalingrad. The US was providing assistance in the form of materiel, but no people. Stalin screamed and Roosevelt and Churchill stalled. Eventually the cold of winter caused the Nazi's mechanized army to grind to a halt. But the Russians paid a massive price. Stalingrad was reduced to rubble, and millions of Russians died.
Now, as the 65th anniversary of the incident that brought the United States in World War II passes, our soldiers are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whatever your feeling about the war there, I urge you to use this anniversary to take a moment to pray for their safety and to ask yourself if there is anything you can do to ease the burden of the those soldiers or their families.
Something that is often forgotten in the basic telling of the history of the Second World War was the terrible price paid by the Russians. The US and Britain fought in north Africa, then moved on to Italy, but during this time, the Nazis attacked Russia, and the Russians, virtually alone had to fight to protect their homeland. They retreated and gradually as the winter of 1942-43 became progessively colder, the Russians made a stand at Stalingrad. The US was providing assistance in the form of materiel, but no people. Stalin screamed and Roosevelt and Churchill stalled. Eventually the cold of winter caused the Nazi's mechanized army to grind to a halt. But the Russians paid a massive price. Stalingrad was reduced to rubble, and millions of Russians died.
Now, as the 65th anniversary of the incident that brought the United States in World War II passes, our soldiers are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whatever your feeling about the war there, I urge you to use this anniversary to take a moment to pray for their safety and to ask yourself if there is anything you can do to ease the burden of the those soldiers or their families.
posted by Scooter at 11:01 AM
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