Greetings and Salutations!
OK me Droogs, let me tell you.
It’s nice that /ourguy/ won.
That being said, and I’ve been using this description with ALL the folks I’ve talked to today:
Do Not Get COMPLACENT!!!
November 5th was like D-Day. June 6th, 1944. The Allies stormed the beaches at Normandy after a magnificent ‘bait and switch’ intel campaign that utterly convinced the German High Command that the Allies were going to invade at Calais, instead of where they really landed in Normandy.
To the point the Germans diverted some crucial military elements that might have caused some issues for the troops to Pas-de-Calais.
Per the World War 2 Museum Website:
After much deliberation, it was decided that the landings would take place on the long, sloping beaches of Normandy. There, the Allies would have the element of surprise. The German high command expected the attack to come in the Pas de Calais region, north of the river Seine where the English Channel is narrowest. It was here that Adolf Hitler had put the bulk of his panzer divisions after being tipped off by Allied undercover agents posing as German sympathizers that the invasion would take place in the Pas de Calais.
So ALL the heavy/medium armor was NOT at Normandy on the day of the invasion. Now… because of this, and other lucky breaks (nevermind the tenacity of /ourtroops/) we kicked the shit out of “Herman The German” and once we got out of hedgerow country, it was a pretty quick run to the German Border.
Which is where I start my analysis.
By mid November, early December 1944, the Allies, in particular the 101st Airborne, were so far forward, they were unware of what was coming. It was mainly because after the success of the D-Day landings and the subsequent ‘run to Germany’, many Allied commanders seriously underestimated the Krauts, and what exactly they had left in their ‘bag o’tricks’.
Before dawn on December 16, 1944 (0300 according to records), the Germans launched a massive counterattack using multiple units to include the Fifth Panzer Army, which bypassed Bastogne with the intent of seizing the port of Antwerp, as well as severing all the Allied Supply lines. It was because both the grunts on the ground as well as the higher-higher thought the Germans were done for, that they weren’t paying enough attention.
The whole “We’ll be home by Christmas” unfortunately became the daily mantra, both from the lowest Private, to the Generals in charge.
When the Germans -suddenly- rolled out, fully prepped for a party, and started utterly kicking the US Troops teeth in, it became a full on rout in a couple of cases… As stated, Bastogne was bypassed, and was considered a “we’ll get to them later” unit by the Germans…(Bad move Herman)
Heh…
We all know how all that shit turned out.
BTW: A quick note. A couple of historians who interviewed General McAuliffe after, as well as several others who were present at the time of the German demand of the surrender of the 101st, he (McAuliffe) did not say “Nuts!” as it’s been stated on the record.
Apparently it was ‘cleaned up’ due to the 1940’s values of the time… In reality, he told them on the demand to surrender: “Balls!” as in “Suck Deez!” is my guess… which from a DotMil perspective makes a Hell of a lot more sense… ‘Nuts’ never made any sense if you’ve been in the Infantry, never mind the 101st…telling the enemy “Balls” (as in ‘suck these’) tho? Fuck yeah! Pure Badassery IMO
Jes’ Sayin’
Luckily for us, the tenacity and general hardcore nature of our troops beat the Krauts back. It took another 6+/- months after that near-disaster to finally nail the coffin shut on the Third Reich in Berlin… and even then, we were robbed of taking Berlin by that commie loving POS FDR in favor of his butt-blast-buddy Stalin… motherfucker. (Yeah FDR was a traitor for some of the shytte he pulled? and a full bore commie… you don’t agree? Fuck the fuck off)
Now, using this as a metaphor? maybe? parable?
/Ourguys/? just took Normandy.
That’s what OrangeManBad’s election was IMO.
We took the ‘enemy’ by surprise.
They’re reeling
HOWEVER
“They’re not dead yet!” so to speak, neither truly physically, nor metaphorically… damned shame IMO really… anywho…
They ARE however extraordinarily well financed and organized. That was shown by the multi-state ‘protests’ tonight/last night, with the biggest being in Chi-Congo last night. Pre-Printed signs, the same ‘cast of characters’….
Oh, BTW: Because of these folks, I’ll be doing a hypothetical poast on how to deal with these people/motherfuckers who seem to always show up ALL the fucking time at these protests later BTW…in my hypothetical POV, it’s time to remove the trash.
It’s only going to get worse from here on out.
As of this writing? We have 57 days, 21 hours, 10 minutes, and 0 seconds until the ‘formal exchange of power’ actually happens
That is IF it even happens.
That’s a lot of time for Shenanigans.
And Malarkey.
All I can say is do not rest on your laurels so to speak.
In Infantry Basic/AIT we had a saying:
Stay Alert/Stay Alive
Stay steadfast, prepared, avoid crowds, keep loading and prepping, and pray. We have a looong tough row to hoe so to speak, and being ready is at least better than being fat, dumb and happy when the enemy decides to make its move. Better to be ready, than caught with our britches around our ankles so to speak.
More Later
Big Country
You forgot the fall campaign in the Hurtgen Forrest. That slowed a bunch of battle plans down and is why Patton was in the southern corner of France. Figuring out how to get across the Rhine was always going to be a problem while having a supply line going back to Normandy. The logistics pros knew the war was over because there was no fuel to keep a mechanized army going.
The next 10 days will tell whether OMB learned from the first term. Vance maybe Brutus but OMB should get a food taster. Gutting the top 3 layers at all the alphabet agencies would be a good start. Even if the courts try to lawfare you I’d slow walk them and keep doing the sweeping telling them it can be fixed later. Bannon wants blood, Flynn deserves it, freeing/pardoning the Jan 6 victims and going after the congress critters who ran that kangaroo court will go a long way to restoring faith in the justice vs the just us system.
Spin
Hey Spin!
I’m WELL aware of the Hurtgen Shitshow. I was more focused on the overarching attitude of the troops as well as the high command during the timeframe I’m speaking of… The common denominator being: “If it ain’t me, it don’t matter” seemed to be the prolific attitude at the time in late ’44.
Speaking of Hurtgen, there was an absolutely viscous movie about it from 1998…”When Trumpets Fade”
Check out that horrorshow if you want a bit of the ole Ultraviolence… that one still resonates with me/haunts me…
That’s a fantastic movie. Highly recommend for those who’ve not seen it.
there are a lot more assholes that need to be held to account for what they did.
word is a lot of FBI people are worried about their jobs. yeah, right. they should start worrying about going to prison for the shit they did. they need to make some deals in order to get the goods on some higher up assholes, so be it. but he better get team of pit bulls to tear at them from day one.
and that asshole Whey or however you spell his name needs to PAY for the plane rides back and forth to work. a 45 minutes plane fight. twice a day, on OUR DIME ???
and Trump better get some real guys/pipe hitters to watch his back and family.
as for the “street clowns” arrest them whole scale. wait for the lawyers to show up and pressure THEM hard as to where the money comes from. I heard too many stories of lawyers showing up with “wads of cash” to bail out the assholes in 2020. where did the money come from ? who is backing it ?
use the Rico act on their ass. don’t want to talk ? 20 years assholes in a pound your ass prison !
they will then flip and start talking.
I agree 100% BCE.
Also regarding December 1944, that disaster of Monty’s Market Garden had just failed so most of the troops in the area attacked were green and that was a quiet sector. The 101st was resting and rearming after Market Garden and Ike saw what was happening and sent the 101st to Bastogne in trucks. It was so unplanned and quick, guys didn’t have proper clothing or ammo. When they got to Bastogne they had the retreating US troops drop their grenades and ammo for them.
Remember JFK founded the DIA to replace the CIA and said “I want to splinter the C.I.A. in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” What happened to him ?
Also the NY Times and Washington Post are direct CIA mouth pieces, so any story coming from them usually was planted by the CIA.
I pray that Trump is serious about these things and not just BS’ing to get elected. There have been reports of him appointing fucking NEOCONS to Sec of Defense and State (including that snake Pompeo).
If he does this, then it’s business as usual and he bullshitted us.
HOWEVER, one thing that I love about Trump is that he NEVER forgets anyone that tries to do him dirty and he is one of the most vindictive SOBs around. I hope and pray the snakes that went after him and stabbed him in the back all get paid back for their treachery.