06 June 2025

Operation Overlord - D-Day - 6 June 1944

We Will Remember Them!! Lest We Forget! Today is the 81st anniversary of Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion of France. Canadian, British and Imperial Forces, along with Americans and the Free Forces of the Nazi-occupied countries, hit the beaches in Normandy. Here is a minute by minute, interactive timeline of the invasion: D-Day Live: The Historic Invasion in Real Time

Here are some videos about D-Day.

D-Day - The Great Crusade (Extra Credits)



D-Day - The Secret War



D Day - La Résistance




D-Day - The Atlantic Wall



D-Day (1944) (Simple History)



The Battle of Merville Gun Battery (The History Guy)



From History Raider, a BBC documentary from last year.


From Rob McLean - D-Day - First radio bulletin on NBC


From Mark Felton - The Brits Who Stormed Omaha Beach, D-Day 1944


From wagonburner5000 - D-day FDR prayer. (two steps from hell, heart of courage)


From the US Army: D-Day - General Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the troops before the landing


They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.


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