By: History Staff
This multimedia journey tells the story of June 6, 1944, and the unlikely triumph at Normandy that would go down in history.
Seventy-five years ago, the Allied powers in World War II decided to take the fight against Adolf Hitler directly to France. Planned for more than two years, the D-Day offensive was a full-scale invasion designed to push the Nazis back into Germany. No amphibious mission of its size had ever been attempted.
The epic D-Day offensive ended in Allied victory, but it was a shocking, hard-fought mission that did not always go to plan.
Explore how the battle unfolded in our interactive timeline of the day.
Explore how the battle unfolded in our interactive timeline of the day.
The grueling 1944–45 Allied offensive reopened the crucial overland supply route to China and dealt the Japanese army one of its worst defeats of the war.
From the man who led the evacuation of USS Arizona to the fighter pilot who took to the skies in his pajamas, learn the stories of eight of the many servicemen who distinguished themselves on one of the darkest days in American military history.
Gale-force winds wreaked havoc with paratroopers and gliders during World War II's Operation Husky.
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