By Anne Morse, The Stream - The Second World War had raged in Europe for five years, with Nazi Germany invading and destroying one country after another, slaughtering tens of millions, soldiers and civilians alike. When news of the long-awaited invasion (Allied forces had landed on the beaches of Normandy, beginning the invasion of Nazi-occupied France) came over the radios of American parents, wives, siblings, and children, they immediately began to pray... “The reaction of many Americans, whenever they found out what was happening that day, was to attend religious services.” ...