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History.com site visitors can become a virtual eyewitness to history with the downloadable WWII Experience. Surrounded by realistic graphics, visitors can see what it was like to escort bombers into enemy territory, defend PT boats in a naval battle and engage in tank warfare in North Africa.

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  • Broadband Internet Connection
  • Windows 2000/XP and/or higher
  • 2.4Ghz processor
  • 512 MB RAM (512-1024 recommended)
  • 128 MB DirectX 9 compatible video card
  • DirectX 9 compatible sound card
  • DirectX Version 9
  • 600Mb hard drive space

WWII Experience

History.com site visitors can become a virtual eyewitness to history with the downloadable WWII Experience. Surrounded by realistic graphics, visitors can see what it was like to escort bombers into enemy territory, defend PT boats in a naval battle and engage in tank warfare in North Africa.

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Videos (5)

  • A Key to Victory
    A Key to Victory

    Video Clip (2:22)

    D-Day raised-relief map of Utah Beach prepared U.S. troops for the 1944 invasion of Normandy.

    Video Clip (2:22)
  • D-Day
    D-Day

    Video Clip (1:42)

    On June 6, 1944, the Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history.

    Video Clip (1:42)
  • D-Day Invasion
    D-Day Invasion

    Video Clip (3:07)

    On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and turned the tides of World War II.

    Video Clip (3:07)
  • Amphibious Assaults of World War II
    Amphibious Assaults of World War II

    Video Clip (2:16)

    The landing vehicle tank was essential to the amphibious assaults on D-Day and throughout the Pacific theater.

    Video Clip (2:16)
  • Eisenhower Leads America
    Eisenhower Leads America

    Video Clip (3:21)

    This five-star general and 34th U.S. president launched the Space Race and created the federal interstate highway system.

    Video Clip (3:21)

Photo Galleries (2)

  • Voices of D-Day
    Voices of D-Day

    9 Photos

    Our most powerful and genuine accounts of D-Day come from the veterans who live through this momentous piece of history.

    (9 Photos)
  • Remembering D-Day
    Remembering D-Day

    11 Photos

    On June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, the Allies invaded Normandy, France, in the largest amphibious assault in history. View photos from this historic military operation.

    (11 Photos)

Speeches & Audio (3)

  • Eisenhower Broadcasts D-Day Invasion Order
    Eisenhower Broadcasts D-Day Invasion Order

    Audio Clip (1:43)

    On June 5, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower orders the massive Allied Expeditionary Force into action.

    Audio Clip (1:43)
  • Reagan Speaks on 40th Anniversary of D-Day
    Reagan Speaks on 40th Anniversary of D-Day

    Audio Clip (0:41)

    On June 6, 1984, in Normandy, France, President Ronald Reagan honors the heroes of D-Day, a pivotal moment during World War II.

    Audio Clip (0:41)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers D-Day Prayer
    Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers D-Day Prayer

    Audio Clip (3:37)

    In a national radio broadcast on June 6, 1944, as 160,000 Allied troops land in Normandy in an attempt to liberate France, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks America to join him in a prayer.

    Audio Clip (3:37)

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