Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of history (1984)

Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by barking on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:25AM (#20112607)

It's a story from a different world, one that is almost as distant in time from us as D-Day was then. It mentions four world leaders present at the ceremony then, three are now dead but the fourth was there again yesterday and in the same role.

On June 6, President Reagan will join French President Francois Mitterrand, Queen Elizabeth, and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at ceremonies in Caen, France, to mark the occasion.

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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by hardlianotion on Thursday June 06, 2019 @08:17AM (#20113768)

That's a little Trudeau joke for the reader, yes?

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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by barking on Thursday June 06, 2019 @10:14AM (#20114743)

No, Pierre was Justin's father.

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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by hardlianotion on Friday June 07, 2019 @10:48AM (#20125087)

I know that. Pierre is dead and was not there in any capacity, as parent claimed. His son was.

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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by barking on Friday June 07, 2019 @07:05PM (#20129423)

The quote is from a 1984 news story, Pierre was Canadian PM then and Justin would have been 12 years old at the time.

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Re:Soviets say Allied version of D-Day is a 'distortion' of ... by hardlianotion on Thursday June 20, 2019 @01:44PM (#20235294)

I know that too (I know when Reagan was prz for a start), but Trudeau was not there in the same capacity as before - ie Prime Minister.

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