Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 6, 2019

Breit Baier, FOX News: D-Day was a grand gamble

Operation Overlord — or D-Day as it came to be known — was the highest risk venture of World War II. Researching my upcoming book, "Three Days at the Brink: FDR’s Daring Gamble to Win World War II," I was struck by the drama involved in the decision to launch an invasion across the English Channel on Western Europe.

At a critical conference in Tehran in November 1943, the “Big Three” – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin –fiercely debated the wisdom and timing of such a launch. They all knew it was a high-stakes gamble and that failure could lead to a catastrophic bloodbath that would turn the war in German leader Adolf Hitler’s favor. And yet, they decided it must be done.

Supreme Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was aware that, despite the peril, Overlord was a necessity.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 6, 2019

Why we remember D-Day and the fight for freedom -- Keith Huxen, The Hill

The big challenge after D-day tribute: keep the memory alive -- Raf Casert, AP

What to Do About China? -- J. Bradford DeLong, Project Syndicate

Is China about to give America a 'bloody nose'? -- Joseph Bosco, The Hill

Trump's New Approach to the Middle East -- Will Ruger, RCD

Will IS fighters face an international court in Iraq? -- Udo Bauer, DW

How Sudan arrived at its Tiananmen moment -- Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Al Jazeera

Algeria and Sudan: new chapters of Arab revolt -- AFP

France and Rwanda: Re-examining France’s role in the genocide -- DW

Russia After Vladimir Putin -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Will Theresa May's successor be better at Brexit? -- Anand Menon, Al Jazeera

Explainer: How does the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border compare with the past? -- Reuters

Trump tariffs could sink Mexican peso to lowest point this year: analysts -- Noe Torres and Miguel Gutierrez, Reuters

Will Trump Really Pull the Trigger on Mexico Tariffs? -- Hunter DeRensis, National Interest

Visiting Chernobyl? Here's what to do and what not to do at the infamous nuclear disaster site -- Lauren Beldi, ABC News Online