Results for "D-Day"

Author Craig Symonds (World War II at Sea) discussed the transport of troops across the English Channel as well as naval gunfire support during the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944.…

Author and President Dwight Eisenhower grandson David Eisenhower (Eisenhower At War 1943-1945) discussed the legacy and lasting impact of the Allied invasion of France on June 6,1944. This e…

Author and President Dwight Eisenhower granddaughter Susan Eisenhower (How Ike Led), U.S. Army War College professor Doug Dowds, and former American Battle Monuments Commission Secretary Wil…

Author John McManus ("The Americans at D-Day) discussed American leadership during the planning and execution of the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944. He also discussed how news of …

Produced by the U.S. Army Air Forces, this film details the planning, training, combat operations, and after-battle summaries of the airborne forces which arrived in Normandy, France as part…

Former U.S. Army Historian Kim Holien spoke about the impact that Generals George Patton and Erwin Rommel had on the June 6, 1944, D-Day operation. This event took place at the Lyceum in Ale…

Historian, author, and reenactor Jared Frederick described the 4th Infantry Division’s role in the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of France and gave a tour of an encampment of his “Furious Fou…

This 1994 Armed Forces Network report from Normandy, France, covers events marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day. It includes several interviews with D-Day veterans, behind-the-scenes accoun…

Former U.S. Army Historian Kim Holien discussed the role of female spies leading up to the June 6, 1944, D-Day operation. This event took place at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia.

This U.S. Army film details the logistics involved in treating wounded soldiers in the field, and in hospitals in England, during and after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, …

President Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and others attended a 75th anniversary of D-Day ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery in France.

President Obama and President Hollande spoke at the 70th Anniversary of the World War II D-Day invasion, and visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach in Collevil…

President Bush spoke at the American cemetery in Normandy, France marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day; more than 9,000 U.S. soldiers are buried at the cemetery which overlooks Omaha beach.…

President Clinton spoke at the 50th anniversary of D-Day and visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. The president paid tribute t…

President Ronald Reagan spoke in Normandy at the American Cemetery on the 40th anniversary of D-Day. He thanked those who liberated Europe from tyranny.

Professor Adrian Lewis talked about about Omaha Beach and the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, France, during World War II. He described the German and Allied military strategies as well as …

A U.S. Office of War Information report on D-Day, the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

This U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion and the June 5, 1944, liberation of Rome.

World War II veteran David Roderick talked about landing on Utah Beach on D-Day - June 6, 1944 - and the casualties in the following days. He also reflected on liberating Paris on August 25,…

This 1946 War Department film showed combat operations in the 1st Infantry Division during World War II. The 1st Infantry was the first to reach England, the first to fight in North Africa a…