History D-Day Germany

With Iraq in the headlines, in the past: "D Day: The Landings There was, definitely, a problem of morale. The survivors of the beach crossing, many of whom were experiencing their first enemy fire, had seen heavy losses among their comrades or in neighboring units." (American Forces in Action Series Historical Division War Department Facsimile Reprint, 1984, 1989, 1994 CMH Pub 100-11 Center of Military History United States Army Washington, D.C.)

Then "Early Days of the Occupation, the German surrender, on 9 May 1945" "From the very beginning of the occupation there were problems of border control on both the Soviet and British zonal boundaries as, well as the 'international borders, particularly on the Czechoslovak border." (US ARMY BORDER OPERATIONS IN GERMANY 1945-1983 WILLIAM E. STACY Headquarters US Army, Europe and 7th Army Classified By: Multiple Sources Review: OADR Military History Office GSM 5-1-84)

People seem to forget the problems of the past, and how democracy takes effort to establish.