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ourselves in a free world that was general dwight d eisenhower, the supreme commander of the allied forces in europe on june 6, 1944, for d-day, his order of the de was distributed to the 175,000 members of the petition every four and for some of them, it was the last thing that they would read before they sacrifice their lives in service of their country. we want to read the rest of that letter, quote, your task will not be an easy one. your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped, and battle-hardened. he will fight savagely but this is the year 1944. much has happened since the nazi triumphs of 194041 the united nations have inflicted upon the germans great defeats in open battle, man to man our air offensive is seriously reduced. their strength in the air. and their capacity to wage war on the ground our home friends have given us an overwhelming superiority and weapons and munitions of war and placed at our disposal great reserves of