"Most were little more than boys when they fought in one of the greatest battles in modern history and turned the Nazi tide."
Well, historically, the "Nazi Tide" was turned the year before at Stalingrad and the fact is that Germany had over 80% of its military assets committed to the Eastern Front at the time of the Normandy invasion. But hey, we're Americans! It was our show that day and someone had to save Western Europe from the Russkies.