National World War 2 Museum: 80th Anniversary of D-Day.
D-Day.org: 80th Anniversary of D-Day Schedule of Events.
MSN: US World War II veterans travel to France to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day.
National D-Day: History of D-Day.
The morning of June 6, 1944, American troops and their allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France in an invasion, code-named Operation Overlord, during World War II, which began the liberation of France, and ultimately other areas of Europe, from Hitler’s Nazi regime. This day, known as D-Day, and the strategically planned landing of 156,000 British, Canadian and American troops at 6:30 A.M. on the five beaches of Normandy was code-named Operation Neptune.
Earlier in the morning of June 6, 24,000 airborne troops were dropped into battle by parachute in order to close exits and overtake bridges slowing the advancement of Nazi reinforcements. Troops entering the beaches by land and sea were met with Hitler’s ‘Atlantic Wall,’ 2,400 miles of bunkers, landmines, and beach obstacles (metal tripods, barbed wire, and wooden stakes) established in anticipation of a French coast invasion. Nazis planted 4 million landmines along Normandy beaches.
More at History.com: D-Day.
Britannica: The Normandy Invasion.
The D-Day Story: The Battle of Normandy Timeline.
3 comments:
Check out the illustration that Google chose to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day .
I'd post it, but I'm not sure how to post photos in comments .
No one was complaining about the "toxic masculinity" of American men, 80 years ago .
JGA , I hadn't seen it, thanks - typical Guugal.
I don't know of a way to post images in Blooger comments. I wouldn't approve comments with images in them anyway, same as I won't publish HTML "live" links.
Yes, no one complained about TM on D-Day, did they?
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