Dedicated in 2000 as The National D-Day Museum and now designated by Congress as America’s National WWII Museum, the institution celebrates the American spirit, teamwork, …

D-Day Initially set for June 5, D-Day was delayed due to poor weather. With a small window of opportunity in the weather, Eisenhower decided to go—D-Day would be June 6, 1944. …

Over-the-Shore Logistics of D-Day Within 48 hours of the amphibious assault, over 130,000 GIs and some 17,000 vehicles came ashore. With more troops and equipment arriving daily, the …

The flags of freedom fly over all Europe," Truman said. Truman designated May 8 as V-E Day and most of the Western Allies followed suit. The Soviets, however, designated May 9 as V-E Day …

This column is the first of three D-Day columns written by war correspondent Ernie Pyle describing the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The Origins of International Holocaust Remembrance Day The commemorations on January 27 remind us that the Holocaust was the result of step-by-step decisions by individuals that led to …

Article D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe In May 1944, the Western Allies were finally prepared to deliver their greatest blow of the war, the long-delayed, cross-channel invasion of northern …

D-DAY: THE ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY The Allied assault in Normandy to begin the Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Western Europe was code-named Operation Overlord. It …

Why D-Day? If the US and its western Allies wanted to win this war as rapidly as possible, they couldn’t sit around and wait: not for a naval blockade, or for strategic bombing to work, or for …

FACT SHEETThe D-Day Invasion at Normandy – June 6, 1944