You may have already seen this, I received it today
(This is what you might hear if today's media reported on
D-Day at
Normandy) June 6, 1944. - NORMANDY - Three hundred French
civilians were
killed and thousands more wounded today in the first hours
of America's invasion of
continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women and
children. Most of the French
casualties were the result of artillery fire from American
ships attempting to knock
out German fortifications prior to the landing of hundreds
of thousands of U.S.
troops. Reports from a makeshift hospital in the French town
of St. Mere Eglise said
the carnage was far worse than the French had anticipated
and reaction against the
American invasion was running high. "We are dying for no
reason," said a Frenchman
speaking on condition of anonymity. "Americans can't even
shoot straight. I never
thought I'd say
this, but life was better under Adolph
Hitler." The invasion also caused
severe environmental damage. American troops, tanks, trucks
and machinery destroyed
miles of pristine shoreline and thousands of acres of
ecologically sensitive
wetlands. It was believed that the habitat of the spineless
French crab was
completely wiped out, threatening the species with
extinction. A representative of
Greenpeace said his organization, which had tried to stall
the invasion for over a
year, was appalled at the destruction, but not surprised.
"This is just another
example of how the military destroys the environment without
a second thought, " said
Christine Moanmore. "And it's all about corporate greed."
Contacted at his Manhattan
condo, a member of the French government-in-exile who
abandoned Paris when Hitler
invaded said the invasion was based solely on American
financial interests. "Everyone
knows that President Roosevelt has ties to big
beer," said Pierre LeWimp. "Once the
German beer industry is conquered, Roosevelt's beer cronies
will control the world
market and make a fortune."
Administration supporters said America's aggressive actions
were based in part on the
assertions of controversial scientist Albert Einstein, who
sent a letter to Roosevelt
speculating that the Germans were developing a secret
weapon, a so-called "atomic
bomb." Such a weapon could produce casualties on a scale
never seen before and cause
environmental damage that could last for thousands of years.
Hitler has denied having
such a weapon and international inspectors were unable to
locate such weapons even
after spending two long weekends in
Germany. Shortly after the invasion
began reports surfaced that German prisoners had been abused
by Americans.
Mistreatment of Jews by
Germans at so-called "concentration camps" has been rumored
but so far, remains
unproven. Several thousand Americans
died during the first hours of the invasion and French
officials are concerned that
uncollected corpses pose a public health risk. "The
Americans should have planned for
this in advance," they said. "It's their mess and we don't
intend to clean it up."
