What would the anti-war protesters of today have said prior to the D-Day Landings in 1944?

Question

Well, we know whose side "mom knows everything" is on.

Unless...

She isn't even aware of either WW II, where millions were enslaved by Hitler, nor is she even aware of the situation in much the Middle East, where millions are enslaved by fanatical governments who are using Islam to keep power.

If she had gone to school, and if she bothered to pay attention to the news, she would know this.

So, is she just ignorant, or does she really want Israel and Western civilization destroyed?

Those who lost relatives in WW II and then protest other wars for freedom are really just urinating on their own relatives' graves. But they don't care - they have no shame.

Answer 1

Let's give diplomacy a little longer. How do we know that Hitler guy is all that bad? What has that bastard Roosevelt got to gain from all this?

Answer 2

I don't really think you can compare the two circumstances really. Society was different. The popular media was different. The committment was different. The scale was different. The world was simply not the same place. Just let me do a couple comparisons.

When the boys landed on the beaches of Normandy, there was ONE goal. They were going to wipe Nazism from the face of the earth. Everyone that died shipping goods to Britain, guarding installations, firing artillery shells, flying fighters all did so with the belief their sacrifice was headed towards that goal. What's the goal in Iraq exactly? Well we need to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his cronies and install an Arab democracy, but not a western one cause that won't work. Oh and we need to kill the bad guys, but make sure the good guys live and prosper. Oh, and we need to establish respect for international influence/interference. Oh and we need to teach people to live together. Can you see how this would be confusing? What is it you're really fighting for? It's kinda hard to tell (and note there's no value judgement on these goals, just that they are confusing)

WWII ended well for a variety of reasons too that were acceptable at the time but never would be today. Firstly you have things like civilian bombing. When it happened in German cities it was OK because you were killing people who made guns and bullets for the enemy. Can you say that about Iraqis? When the war ended, Central Europe was ethnically cleansed on a scale that would have made Bosnia look like a garden party. Again, what would happen if that occurred in Iraq?

I could go on, but those are my top two points and I can leave it at that. The two are not really comparable. They just aren't.

Answer 3

I don't think they would have been able to say much immediately prior to the landings themselves because the landings were kept secret to prevent information leaks to the Germans. Supreme Allied Command almost decided to postpone the June landings when, by coincidence, some key code words used in the Normandy invasion appeared in a crossword puzzle in a widely-read English newspaper.

However, the protesters would have been saying much the same thing they do today shortly after Pearl Harbor and FDR declared war on Japan and Germany. They would have been part of the isolationists who wanted to keep the US out of the growing war. But I think the US was a very different country back in 1941. The generation that fought WWII somehow put aside their personal differences to sacrifice and pull together to fight common enemies. If I remember correctly, when WWII began, as much as 40% of the US population lived on rural farms. I think that it would have been relatively easier to influence and draft young farmboys to go fight a hated enemy with propaganda. I'm not saying this was necessarily bad. In fact, I think the US should have entered the war earlier as it could have saved countless lives and shortened the war.

Vietnam was the first US conflict which faced widespread public disapproval. Before Vietnam, the public largely supported the war effort.

Answer 4

WW2 was generally an extremely popular war. There was a little ditty that went something like "Whistle while you work - Hitler is a jerk, Mussolini is a meanie and the Japs are the worst". Also there was a song called right in der Feuhrers face. I don't think there has been some sort of mass psychosis that has happened to people over the past 60 years.

Answer 5

The anti-war protesters during WW II were virtually silenced during the war. There were a few, but they still wanted peace which is pretty sad. Now, if today's protesters went back to that time, they too would have been silenced too. America was too much on a war footing back then. They probably would have protested against the treatment of Japanese-Americans in the interment camps. They do not care about fighting for freedom.

Answer 6

We'd ask what took so long.

My relative died on Normandy. People always assume that those of us protesting THIS war would protest any. That is not correct. There was cause for Normandy. There was cause for us to get into WWII. But that is the last war we've been in that had a true cause. And this is coming from someone who can trace their family military history back to the Crusades. Reliably. Let's recap:
My great uncle died at Normandy.
My grandfathers' brothers all fought in WWII.
Another great uncle was a POW in a German prison camp.
My grandaddy fought in Korea.
My uncle fought in Vietnam.
My Dad was in the Gulf.
And yet, I do not support THIS war. This does not make me a coward, unAmerican, unpatriotic, a traitor, or even a Democrat. This simply means, that I am an American, with the right to question my government without fear of reprisal. That I am allowed to hold whatever opinion I wish, without having to fear that my government will treat me falsely or unfairly. I have that right because of my own family. The least I can do, to honor their memory if nothing else, is to exercise that right.

So what would I say to Normandy? About bloody time. We nearly waited too long. And it's the same thing I would say about the atomic bomb being dropped, for all the pain, fear, and misery it caused then and continues to cause to this day. Because the alternative was worse. But to compare Normandy to THIS? There was no cause for THIS. The entire world knows there was no cause for THIS. There were no WMD's. They were no threat to us. They could barely feed themselves; where in the world would they have gotten the money to be a threat to us? Iran hated them, then. No one supported them. No one would help them. Thus, there was no cause, unlike Normandy. As for comparing what happened in WWII and what is going on in relation to the dictatorial tactics and the enslavement of various populations, consider this:
They asked for help.
Those in the Middle East, those of Iraq, they don't want us there. THEY NEVER HAVE. THEY NEVER WILL. We are their equivalent to the antichrist; we are the unclean infidel. They would rather slave under a dictator of their own people rather than ask a Christian nation, any Christian nation, to help them. We are not, and never have been, the World Police. Bad things happen all over the world. Why are we not in Darfur, then? Or taking over Indonesia? Why don't we invade China, with their Communist leadership? You cannot pick and choose. Why not go into Saudi Arabia? They have the same type of government. Or Iran, who's actually threatened us? Or Korea? There are so many whose people are poor and oppressed, whose leaders are tyrannical and despotic. But we haven't gone after them. Why is Iraq any different? Why have we ignored so many asking, begging, for our help, and chosen the one place who would rather see us all wiped of the face of the Earth to help?

And please don't compare a battle in a war that had been going on for years to a pre-emptive strike. Perhaps you should take a military history class, if you do not know the difference.

Answer 7

You cannot compare what is happening now with what was going on during World War II. Read some history, and stop asking ignorant questions.

Answer 8

Fascist Germany was a direct threat to our way of life. The likes of Hizbollah, a resistance group, and Iran are nothing in comparison. Im afraid to say it sir, but its you who are taking our Fathers names to push your own vile agenda.

Every man who died on the beachs of France died so sick SOB's like you wouldthink twice abotu stomping off to war. They fought to defend their familes and liberate Europe, not to overthrow DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED governments. Moron

Answer 9

****, thatz all they do. they'r a bunch of idiots who doesnt love their country. they dont understand that certain people only understand by force.

Answer 10

There's no comparison