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January 10, 2007
One of the Greatest Blunders in Military History
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.
—Stephen Ambrose
Source: Stephen Ambrose Quotes – The Quotations Page
Attributed to D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II by Stephen Ambrose Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (June 1, 1995) ISBN-13: 978-0684801377
Stephen Ambrose was born on this day in Decatur, Illinois (1936). He died on October 13, 2002 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
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