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Poll Checker: 2012 Battleground States and Leaners
A new book from Tom Elia A compilation of actual presidential & aggregate US House votes for the nation & for the 'battleground states' from 2000-2010. When Lobsters Take Flight
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From Wikipedia: "One famous pair of these messages is often mistakenly stated to be a general call to arms by the Resistance. A few days before D-Day, the first line of Verlaine's poem, "Chanson d'Automne", was transmitted. "Les sanglots lourdes des violons de l'automne" [1] (Long sobs of autumn violins) alerted resistants in the Orléans region to attack rail targets within the next few days. The second line, "Bercent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone" (wound my heart with a monotonous langour), transmitted late on June 5, meant that the attack was to be mounted immediately." (http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Normandy).
I have the "wound my heart" broadcast recorded on a zip disk; think I found it on the internet somewhere (yeah, real helpful). And the BBC wouldn't cooperate now unless it was a war it supported. Just like back then.
Really its not sad or hard to understand, the only reason the BBC transmitted the Coded messages's before the D-Day invasion was to ensure that the Germans did not defeat the Russians. It was important that the Russians won, the media could have cared less about the Western Allies.
"could it keep such a huge secret for five days?"
The BBC broadcast coded messages to resistance leaders, not just before D-Day. I assume that for security reasons the BBC was simply repeating what it was told to broadcast, and that only British Intelligence knew the meanings. Even with the best will in the world it would have made no sense to reveal meanings to those without a "need to know".
Shock and outrage blah blah the government is "using" the media blah blah how can the media be impartial blah blah close relationship between CIA and news networks blah blah PROPAGANDA blah lapdogs for Bush blah Stephen Colbert.
Wouldn't matter. You couldn't find a thousand American's who'd come to France's rescue today. I say this not to slam the French, but as a comment on our current relationship.
There won't be another D-Day. The Jews will have to save themselves.
"Really its not sad or hard to understand, the only reason the BBC transmitted the Coded messages's before the D-Day invasion was to ensure that the Germans did not defeat the Russians. It was important that the Russians won, the media could have cared less about the Western Allies."
Ah, but the Russians were well on their way to defeating the Germans in the East. The Allied invasion and push into Western Europe prevented Stalin from sweeping all the way to the Channel! With no opposition, Stalin would have taken Northern Italy and Scandinavia as well. Therefore, the BBC WOULD have slipped D-Day plans to the Abwehr hoping for an Allied disaster much greater than Dieppe. Depending upon the severity of the defeat, the Allies could not mount a new invasion for another year in which time Stalin could bypass Berlin, race to the Rhine from the East and invade France. IMHO, the real reason for D-Day was to prevent just that! Churchill knew what Stalin was about, even if Roosevelt didn't really know or chose not to, or was, as is most likely, sympathetic toward his 'Uncle Joe'. |
Poll Checker: 2012 Battleground States and Leaners
A new book from Tom Elia A compilation of actual presidential & aggregate US House votes for the nation & for the 'battleground states' from 2000-2010. When Lobsters Take Flight
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