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On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches in Normandy with the goal of liberating German-occupied France. Codenamed Operation Overlord and known more commonly as D-Day, the invasion involved 24,000 American, Canadian, and British troops. This six-part series (each video is about 10 minutes) discusses the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach:
A video about the the U.S. Army Rangers who climbed the 100 ft. cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day Learn more about D-Day through videos, photos, and biographies: https://www.army.mil/d-day/history.html# From the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/d-day A collection of D-Day photographs from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/world/europe/d-day-photos-anniversary-pictures.html Another collection of photographs and other images: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/d-day-imperial-war-museums/gQcirO57?hl=en D-Day documents, including newsreel footage from the National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/d-day You may view live or recorded virtual lectures from the National D-Day Memorial here: https://www.dday.org/free-virtual-programs-spring-2020/ More videos:
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