Remembering D-Day

On this day in 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in an attempt to liberate German occupied France from Nazi control and and shift the balance of power on the Western Front of World War II. And while the casualties on that die were unimaginable, more than at least 10,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, their sacrifices was a turning point in the fight. The momentum had shifted. By the end of August, Germany surrendered control of the French capital and the Allies began their fight towards Berlin.

To learn more about D-Day, try the following resources:

• Andy Rooney on D-Day (60 Minutes)
• Animated Map: Operation Overlord (BBC)
• D-Day (Google Cultural Institute)
• D-Day 360 (PBS Learning Media)
• D-Day Journeys (Library of Congress)
• D-Day Landing Scenes in 1944 & Today (The Guardian)
• D-Day: On the Beach (Library of Congress)
• D-Day's Top Secret Map (Library of Congress)
• Eisenhower Returns to Normandy (CBS News)
• First Wave at Omaha Beach (The Atlantic)
• Invasion Diary (Harper's Magazine)
• Invasion of Normandy (Eyewitness to History)
• Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of D-Day (Council on Foreign Relations)
• Statement to the Allied Expeditionary Force (Teaching American History)
• Surprising Facts about D-Day (History Channel)
• The Ghosts of D-Day (The Atlantic)
• The Man Who Told America the Truth about D-Day (New York Times)
• The Sounds of D-Day (Miller Center)
• What Happened on D-Day (CNN)

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