By the Editor: Commemorations at the D-Day 75th Anniversary highlighted, and focused on, the human cost of such a grand scheme. But if we are not careful, we will lose sight of the truly momentous grand-strategic achievements of June 1944. The author reminds us of the staggering mass of effort dependent on delivery by the only practical means – from the sea – that shaped the freedoms in a Europe we have the privilege to enjoy today and that proffer lessons we must not forget when it comes to understanding the utility of maritime power. Having just emerged from the rather sentimentalised commem…
