Thanks. I've read that many times over the years but I don't think I've seen it in original format. Here is the draft he was working on in case of failure. “Our landings have failed and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.”
Here is the draft he was working on in case of failure. The official War Office estimate of casualties on landing was 30%. The actual casualty rate was 3% (I found this figure in a letter to The Times published many years later. Don't have the source now, but could probably find in the archive with some searching)
Those Eisenhower D-Day message leafles have shot up in value ever since they appeared in Band of Brothers, or was it Saving Private Ryan? I bought one for £2.00 and sold it a few years ago for $120! Seem to remember that the leaflets were produced by the Political Warfare Executive - the organisation producing aerial propaganda leaflets.
