I'm glad to see the angst, doubt and despair. Every major offensive launched by the US took so long to actually get underway, that the media, our allies and the American people grew restless, indignant, accused everyone up and down the line of cowardice and treason, etc.

Read headlines. leading up to Operation Overlord. Everyone was convinced Churchill got cold feet. Headlines screamed of thousands dying while we run drills and play in the sun. Armchair generals screeched about the fortifications we can never overcome as we delay. Everyone "knew" the invasion was going to happen at Calais and it was so obvious and all our GIs would die and we'd lose.

The pundits were universal in conviction that we were late...too late.

Turns out, they didn't know shit.