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Originally Posted by sa226
On a slightly less emotional level, it is also worth mentioning that all of the operations involved with the days before and after D-Day was probably one of the greatest logistical feats in human history.
The organization and planning of an operation involving hundreds of thousands soldiers, workers, vehicles, aircraft, ships.....not to mention the "decoy" army that was amassed up closer to Dover. Even though the operation did have its bumps along the road it was for all intents and purposes a success.
They accomplished all of this on essentially pencil and paper. There wasn't any computer with special software to aid in this massive undertaking.
That to me is amazing.
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IBM was busy making computers to help Hitler organize his Jew killing at the time, unfortunately.