Mhlawumbe asikho isibonelo esingcono sobuqhawe “besizukulwane Esikhulu Kunazo Zonke” kune-D-Day – Juni 6, 1944 – lapho amabutho Ahlangene avela e-US, Britain, Canada, France kanye nezinye izizwe eziyisishiyagalombili egasela emabhishi aseNormandy phakathi neMpi Yezwe. II. Kwaba ukuqala kokuphela kokubusa kwamaNazi eYurophu.
Lesi sikhathi esibalulekile emlandweni sikhunjulwa edolobheni elincane laseMelika iBedford, eVirginia, eladela amadodana alo amaningi kulowo mzamo. Ukubona lokhu kuhlonishwa okushukumisayo kwamasosha abambe iqhaza ekuhlaseleni okukhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni kuwufanele umzamo wokufika lapho.
Indawo yetshe lesikhumbuzo iyenza ithandeke kakhulu kunezikhumbuzo eWashington, DC, nakwamanye amadolobha amakhulu. I-Tiny Bedford, emagqumeni amahle ezintaba ze-Blue Ridge, yakhethwa njengendawo yeSikhumbuzo se-National D-Day ngoba yahlupheka, ngomuntu ngamunye, ukulahlekelwa okuphakeme kakhulu kokuphila kwanoma yimuphi umphakathi wase-US ngosuku amasosha agasela ngaso ogwini lwase-US. France.
Amasosha ayishumi nesishiyagalolunye ase-Bedford anikele ngezimpilo zawo emizuzwini yokuqala yempi e-Omaha Beach, kwathi abanye ababili babulawa empini engaphesheya kolwandle ezinsukwini ezalandela - lokhu kuphuma edolobheni elalinabantu abangu-3,200 kuphela.
Ukuhlonipha lowo mhlatshelo, iNkongolo yase-United States yaqoka i-Bedford njengesikhumbuzo ngo-1997. Le ndawo engamahektha angu-88 yanikezelwa nguMongameli uGeorge W. Bush ngoJuni 6, 2001.
Ukuvakasha kwenkimbinkimbi kuqala e-English Garden, emele ukuhlelwa komsebenzi, okwenzeka eNgilandi. Ingadi isesimweni senkemba, ikhumbula isiqephu sehlombe esasifanekisela Ikomkhulu Eliphakeme, i-Allied Expeditionary Force.
Ekupheleni kwengadi kunedome elinesithombe sobuqhawe sika-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, umkhuzi omkhulu wamabutho Ahlangene eYurophu. Amagama ohlelo luka-Eisenhower losuku emabuthweni ahunyushwa ngethusi odongeni lwengadi.
Ngale kwengadi kuneplaza elimele i-English Channel kanye namabhishi ase-Normandy. Lapho, izivakashi zingakwazi ukubona ukudalwa kabusha komkhumbi we-D-Day kanye namasosha ethusi anosayizi wempilo aboniswe ezigabeni ezihlukahlukene zokuhlasela. Lesi sikhumbuzo sihlanganisa nedamu elinezithiyo kanye namajethi amanzi afanekisela izimayini nokudubula kwezibhamu okuqondiswe emabuthweni. Amaqembu ezithombe eziqoshiwe ahlonipha wonke amabutho Ahlangene kuleyo mpi, ikakhulukazi angu-4,391 2,477 afa ngalolo suku (angu-XNUMX XNUMX kuwo okungamaMelika).
Kuzungezwe itafula kunezindonga ezimbili ezinezingcwecwe zethusi ezingu-200 ezinohlu lwamagama amasosha ashona kulokhu kuhlasela. Kukhona nokuhlonishwa kwamabutho asemoyeni nasolwandle adlale indima ebalulekile ekusekeleni isenzo.
Iphakama ngaphezu komfanekiso wokuhlasela i-Overlord Arch yokunqoba, ekhumbula i-Operation Overlord, igama lekhodi yokuhlasela. I-plaza iqukethe amafulegi amazwe angu-12 Ahlangene ahlinzeka ngamabutho nge-D-Day.
UJuni 6, 2013 wukugubha iminyaka engu-69 ye-D-Day. Izivakashi zesikhumbuzo zingagubha isikhumbuzo seminyaka endaweni lapho kuhlonishwa khona ubuqhawe, ukwethembeka, nokuzidela unyaka wonke, kuhlonishwa lawo masosha azidela kakhulu eNormandy futhi ehlonipha labo makadebona ababephilela ukulwa ngolunye usuku. Kuzoba nomcimbi eNational D-Day Memorial okuhlanganisa nomculo okhethekile nezikhulumi. Ukuvakasha kuzohlinzekwa usuku lonke, futhi kungenwa mahhala ngehora lokuqala, kusukela ngo-11 ekuseni kuze kube semini.
I-National D-Day Memorial itholakala ku-3 Overlord Circle, Bedford, Virginia, ifoni 540-586-3329. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe ngesikhumbuzo, vakashela isizindalwazi saso, www.dday.org.
I-Bedford County, eVirginia, iqale ithikithi lokungena elihlangene kuzo zombili i-National D-Day Memorial kanye ne-Thomas Jefferson's retreat eseduze yasehlobo, i-Poplar Forest. Ithikithi libiza u-$17 futhi lilungele unyaka owodwa futhi lihlanganisa izaphulelo kuzo zombili izitolo zezipho kanye nasesitolo sezipho e-Bedford Area Welcome Center. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe nge-Bedford County, vakashela ku-http://www.visitbedford.com. Jabulela!
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Tiny Bedford, in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was chosen as the site of the National D-Day Memorial because it suffered, per capita, the highest loss of life of any US community on the day the troops stormed the coast of France.
- Amasosha ayishumi nesishiyagalolunye ase-Bedford anikele ngezimpilo zawo emizuzwini yokuqala yempi e-Omaha Beach, kwathi abanye ababili babulawa empini engaphesheya kolwandle ezinsukwini ezalandela - lokhu kuphuma edolobheni elalinabantu abangu-3,200 kuphela.
- Visitors to the memorial can observe the anniversary at a place where valor, fidelity, and sacrifice are honored throughout the year, paying tribute to those soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in Normandy and honoring those veterans who lived to fight another day.
