William Tyler
D-Day
Summary
On the 77th anniversary of D-Day, William Tyler recounts the significance of the Allied invasion on June 6, 1944. He highlights the planning process, challenges, and tragedies leading up to D-Day. The focus is on the meticulous planning and the determination of the soldiers involved.
William Tyler
William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
Well, whole teams of people broken up into different sectors. There were lots of technical people like for the Mulberry Harbours. There’s lots of people planning for the amount of equipment that was needed as well as the overall strategic and tactical plan. And it was entirely cooperative. Everybody had their specific job to do. That is why it’s so impressive that there was so much detailed planning.
Eisenhower said he was a great commander to serve under, that he was a good comrade to serve equal to, but he was an absolute pain to command.
My answer, yes. No one can be sure. The Russians were prepared to sacrifice large numbers of their population. Their population was larger than the Germans. They would, in the end, even at huge loss of life, Stalin would’ve pushed on to the very end, I believe.