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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hanson-Logo-1.png595200by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Sixty-three years ago this week, we landed on the Normandy beaches. As on each anniversary of June 6, 1944, much has been written to commemorate the bravery and competence of the victorious Anglo-American forces.