On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:56:08 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:
It wasn't a US invasion by the way. It was a United Nations invasion.

The UN wasn't formed then. More than a year after D-day.

There is a subtle difference between "United Nations" as used by
William Wright and "UN" as used by yourself.

Surely you would accept what is written on the UN web site?

http://www.un.ORG/en/aboutun/history/index.shtml

QUOTE

The name "United Nations", coined by United States President
Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations
of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of
26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together
against the Axis Powers.

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Notice the date there -- January 1st, 1942.

QUOTE

In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco
at the United Nations Conference on International Organization
to draw up the United Nations Charter.

Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked
out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the
United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks,
United States in August-October 1944.

The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives
of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the
Conference, signed it later and became one of the original
51 Member States.

The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945,
when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union,
the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.

United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year.

UNQUOTE

So the United Nations of the Atlantic Charter was established in 1942,
whereas the United Nations Organisation (UNO) of the San Francisco Charter
was established in 1945.