- D-Day and the Normandy Campaign - The National WWII Museum
D-Day Initially set for June 5, D-Day was delayed due to poor weather With a small window of opportunity in the weather, Eisenhower decided to go—D-Day would be June 6, 1944 Paratroopers began landing after midnight, followed by a massive naval and aerial bombardment at 6:30 a m American forces faced severe resistance at Omaha and Utah
- Planning for D-Day: Preparing Operation Overlord
Despite their early agreement on a strategy focused on defeating “Germany First,” the US and British Allies engaged in a lengthy and divisive debate over how exactly to conduct this strategy before they finally settled on a plan for Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion of Normandy
- D-Day Timeline | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
D-Day Timeline On June 6, 1944, Western Allied forces launched Operation Overlord, the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, France, to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe The timeline below features some of the key events of D-Day, the greatest amphibious landing in history
- Over-the-Shore Logistics of D-Day - The National WWII Museum
Over-the-Shore Logistics of D-Day Within 48 hours of the amphibious assault, over 130,000 GIs and some 17,000 vehicles came ashore With more troops and equipment arriving daily, the amount of supplies required to support this force grew exponentially
- The Airborne Invasion of Normandy - The National WWII Museum
The plan for the invasion of Normandy was unprecedented in scale and complexity It called for American, British, and Canadian divisions to land on five beaches spanning roughly 60 miles Planners determined that the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were needed to seize key towns and intersections at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula and secure the four causeways leading off of Utah Beach
- 80th Anniversary of D-Day - The National WWII Museum
WWII Veterans and Families Calling all D-Day and WWII veterans! Please join us this June at The National WWII Museum to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day at the museum that was built in your honor Register online to tell us more about your service, the events you are interested in attending, and how we can help you plan your visit
- The Liberation of Auschwitz - The National WWII Museum
The day after liberation, the Extraordinary Soviet State Commission for the Investigation of the Crimes of the German-Fascist Aggressors began their investigation into the crimes committed at Auschwitz
- Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941 - The National WWII Museum
The National WWII Museum commemorates the Day That Will Live in Infamy through articles, oral histories, artifacts, and more
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