It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define …

Barack Obama
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It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only six miles long and two miles wide. ✨ Obama on D-Day: 'The Evil We Faced Had to Be Stopped' by Karen Travers, Jake Tapper, Sunlen Miller, abcnews.go.com. June 6, 2009.
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