D-Day: 80 years later.

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.

D-Day, June 6th, 1944.

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.

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More at History.com: D-Day.

Britannica: The Normandy Invasion.

The D-Day Story: The Battle of Normandy Timeline.

What's up with Mrs. Macron standing apart from husband Emmanuel and the Trumps?

This image is all over the web, part of the 75th Anniversary of Normandy, D-Day 2019.

Left to right is: First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and, standing off-side to herself, Macron's wife Brigitte.

What's the story of her standing at such a distance? If it had been Mrs. Trump, the MSM and armchair psychologists would be having a field day assessing the meaning of her "isolation". Why isn't Mrs. Macron standing with the rest of the group?

D-Day June 6, 1944: 75 years later.

"You are about to embark on the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you… I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle."
 – Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower from National D Day Memorial

History On The Net: D-Day; The Invasion of Normandy

The D-Day landing of June 6, 1944, ranks as the boldest and most successful large-scale invasion in military history.

On June 6, as Operation Overlord went forward, roughly 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel, supported by seven thousand ships and boats, and landed on the coast of Normandy. The seaborne invasion included nearly 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers. They established a beachhead from which the Germans were unable to dislodge them. Within ten days, there were half a million troops ashore, and within three weeks there were two million.

The National D-Day Memorial. Hit the link for a wonderful and informative site.

Daily Gazette: 43 Photo Image Gallery.

C-SPAN video: U.S. Soldiers on D-Day. 

The Times Union: Albany riveted by D-Day.

Wiki: The National D-Day Memorial

National D-Day Memorial: The Bedford Boys

Washington Examiner: D-Day remembered: The view from Omaha Beach.

For the final 200 yards on the water, the German machine guns would already have been riddling their Higgins boats. Then, unceremoniously dumped into frigid, churning water, colleagues exploding in blood all around them, they would have found themselves finally on dry ground but without refuge from the Nazi weapons.

Weighted with wet clothes and hefty equipment, they had to make it 400 yards through flesh-ripping fire. In gym shorts and track shoes, most of these men might make it in about 80 seconds after a lung-busting run. Now imagine trying it with 60 pounds on your back or in your arms. And do it while running into the horrors of mechanized firepower.

WBR: 75th Anniversary Of D-Day: Preserving The Stories Of WWII Veterans.

The Telegraph (2013): D-Day Survivors tell their stories.

Eyewitness To History: Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944; On The Beach.

Time: Five Essential D-Day stories.