In the June 7, 1944, edition of her newspaper column My Day, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reflected on the news of the D-Day landings in Normandy and the long path ahead to victory in Europe.
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the long-anticipated invasion of Normandy, France. Soldiers from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations faced Hitler's formidable Atlantic Wall as they landed on the beaches of Normandy.
Career newspaper photographer Eliot Kamenitz reflects on his father’s role as a glider pilot on D-Day and in two other military actions in Europe, and the pivotal importance of the D-Day experience in his father’s life.
A look at the personal objects American soldiers collected during the D-Day landings, revealing how everyday items became lasting symbols of war, survival, and memory.
How the sheer raw power of the Allies overwhelmed the Germans.
Join us in conversation with John Curatola, PhD, Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.
Presented by Priddy Family Foundation
Historian John Monsky joins The National WWII Museum and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to bring you a musically driven multimedia experience capturing the dramatic final months of World War II in Europe.