It was the invasion that saved the world.
Last year was a much bigger deal, because it was the 75th anniversary, and there’s a lot more going on this weekend.
[Update a while later]
This year, the beaches and fields are empty.
[Sunday-morning update]
First link fixed, sorry.
[A few minutes later]
What if the invasion had failed?
Counterfactuals are always dicey.
First link points at Brown Univ racism letter.
The real danger in an Allied defeat on D-Day wasn’t that Germany could win the war – it was doomed by that point – but that the Allies end up meeting the Red Army on the Seine (or, at best, the Meuse), not the Elbe.
Which is not a much better prospect.