"As we face down the hardships and struggles of our time and arrive at that hour for which we were born, we cannot help but draw strength from those moments in history when the best among us were somehow able to swallow their fears and secure a beachhead on an unforgiving shore."~ President Obama
Yesterday, June 6, marked the 65th anniversary of D-Day. The largest armed forces in history, 5,300 ships and 11,000 planes, crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy. General Dwight David Eisenhower was in command of the invasion, which was code-named 'Operation Overlord'. D-Day changed the course of 20th century history.
If you missed our book displays, please make time to read about a generation of soldiers who fought for liberty on D-Day. We recommend these, among many other books about D-Day campaigns:
D-Day, June 6, 1944 : The Climactic Battle of WW II by Stephen E. Ambrose
Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc : Ronald Reagan, D-Day, & the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion by Douglas Brinkley
Hell is Upon Us : D-Day in the Pacific, June-August 1944 by Victor Brooks
The D-Day Companion : Leading Historians Explore History’s Greatest Amphibious Assault – ed. by Jane Penrose
The Americans at Normandy : The Summer of 1944 : the American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise by John C. McManus
From the Library of Congress : Veteran's History Project
