{"id":2261182,"date":"2024-06-06T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dwight-eisenhower-never-forgot-normandy-miracle-letter\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T09:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:42:51","slug":"dwight-eisenhower-never-forgot-normandy-miracle-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dwight-eisenhower-never-forgot-normandy-miracle-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Eisenhower Remembers the Miracle of Normandy: A Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdwight-eisenhower-never-forgot-normandy-miracle-letter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary is about Dwight Eisenhower&#8217;s ongoing admiration for the impact\u200d of the Normandy landing on shortening World War II. This sentiment is expressed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/civil-rights-attorneys-submit-letter-to-manhattan-da-claiming-nypd-fbi-conspired-in-malcolm-x-assassination\/\" title=\"Civil rights attorneys submit letter to Manhattan DA claiming NYPD, FBI conspired in Malcolm X assassination\">letter written<\/a> by Eisenhower\u2063 20 years after the invasion, where he reflects on the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-world-needs-chinese-olympics-to-relieve-anxieties-about-chinese-pandemic\/\" title=\"China: World Needs Chinese Olympics to 'Relieve Anxieties' About Chinese Pandemic\">anxieties felt<\/a> during the crucial battle. The letter, addressed to British intelligence chief Kenneth W.D. Strong, highlights the significance of the D-Day operation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Years after his presidency and his most important role of leading Operation Overlord on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/3029384\/tyranny-liberty-moral-import-d-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>D-Day<\/a> in 1944, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dwight-eisenhower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dwight Eisenhower<\/a> was still in awe of the effect the Normandy landing had on shortening World War II.<\/p>\n<p>In a remarkable letter typed 20 years after the invasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nazi<\/a>-controlled France, the former five-star Army general and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-cities-ban-new-gas-stations-to-fight-climate-change\/\" title=\"California Cities Ban New Gas Stations to Fight Climate Change\">president revealed<\/a> the \u201cgnawing anxieties\u201d he felt 80 years ago today as allied troops began the impactful battle of the war in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Written from his home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to his British intelligence chief, retired Maj. Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/generals.dk\/general\/Strong\/Kenneth_William_Dobson\/Great_Britain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kenneth W.D. Strong,<\/a> Eisenhower said, \u201cOn this sixth of June I suspect that your memory goes back, as mine does, to live over again the gnawing anxieties, the realization of unavoidable sacrifices, and the bright hopes that filled us on D-Day, 1944.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>D-Day partners U.S. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and British Maj. Gen. Kenneth W.D. Strong. (Photos courtesy Alexander Historical Auctions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the \u201cDear Ken\u201d letter, he added, \u201cNever, during the two decades that have since passed, have I ceased to render daily and devout thanks to a kindly Providence for permitting us to achieve in eleven months the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-leadership-deficit-doom-loop\/\" title=\"The Leadership Deficit Doom Loop\">complete victory<\/a> that so many believed would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-general-kenneth-f-mckenzie-jr-merely-a-matter-of-time-troops-will-be-sent-back-to-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Retired General  Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.: \"Merely a Matter of Time\" Troops Will Be Sent Back to Afghanistan\">require years<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter, which appears to have been written yesterday, is part of an online auction from Maryland-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexautographs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alexander Historical Auctions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Auction house President Bill Panagopulos, who shared the letter with <em>Secrets<\/em>, said, \u201cAfter sixty years, Ike\u2019s words are still as stirring as the day he wrote them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strong was sought out by Eisenhower who, Panagopulos said, went over the British military brass and directly to former Prime Minister Winston Churchill to recruit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the letter to Strong, Eisenhower said, \u201cTo you, one of my close associates In OVERLORD, I impelled to send, once more, a special word of thanks. Your professional skill and selfless dedication to the cause in which we all served will be noted by the histories of those dramatic months, but no historian could possibly be aware of the depth of my obligation to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today at the 80th anniversary of D-Day world leaders have gathered in Normandy, France, to make similar comments to the few troops still alive and still celebrating their victory over Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decades post-presidency, Dwight Eisenhower, who led Operation Overlord on D-Day in 1944, remained awestruck by the impact of the Normandy landing in World War II&#8217;s duration. 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