Curated Video
Battle of Pointe du Hoc: Operation Overlord
This video provides a detailed account of the daring mission carried out by Lieutenant Colonel James E. Rudder's Second Ranger Battalion to eliminate a fortified German coastal battery at Point Du Arc during the D-Day invasion of...
Curated Video
Martha Gellhorn: The War Correspondent who Covered D-Day
One of the United States’ finest war correspondents, Martha Gellhorn battled sexism and misogyny to report on the D-Day landings during the Second World War.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica Presents: WWII Infographic Explainers: Omaha Beach, Typical Cross Section
Hear Encyclopaedia Britannica editor Michael Ray talk about the obstacles that Allies faced at Omaha Beach during the Normandy Invasion, using an infographic.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica Presents: WWII Infographic Explainers: Omaha Beach
Hear Encyclopaedia Britannica editor Michael Ray explain the Allied invasion of Omaha Beach during the Normandy Invasion of World War II using infographics.
Curated Video
D-Day From the German Perspective | Animated History
The story of D-Day and its accompanying airborne and partisan operations is well known… from the Allied perspective. But seldom is this critical juncture of the Second World War looked at through the eyes of those defending the Atlantic...
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World-war II American cemetery at Omaha Beach, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
World-war II American cemetery of 9387 graves in front of the sea-strip where the dramatic battle at Omaha Beach began on the 6th of juin 1944.
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World-war II American cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
World-war II American cemetery of 9387 graves in front of the sea-strip where the dramatic battle at Omaha Beach began on the 6th of juin 1944.
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World-war II American cemeteryWorld-war II American cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
World-war II American cemetery of 9387 graves in front of the sea-strip where the dramatic battle at Omaha Beach began on the 6th of juin 1944.
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World-war II American cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
World-war II American cemetery of 9387 graves in front of the sea-strip where the dramatic battle at Omaha Beach began on the 6th of juin 1944.
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soldiers running on the beach steadycam shot
soldiers running on the beach steadycam shot
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soldiers running on the beach steadycam shot
soldiers running on the beach steadycam shot
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AERIAL, ZO, German bunker on cliff top, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
AERIAL, ZO, German bunker on cliff top, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
10th anniversary of D-Day, with WWII footage and ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, 1954
Title: "1944" superimposed over aerial of Normandy / aerial D-day Normandy beach / landing boats near beach, soldiers in water / MS soldiers wade through water / LS soldiers wading ashore hazy day, smoke in distance / LS five soldiers...
Curated Video
Retired Army Command Sgt. Major William Ryan still gets emotional when he recalls the massive D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy during World War II. (May 29)
Seventy years later, retired Army Command Sgt. Major William Ryan still gets emotional when he recalls the massive D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy during World War II.
On June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied troops crossed the English...
Bridgeman Arts
British, Canadian and US troops storm the beaches of Normandy. Casualties on Omaha beach. 6th June 1944.
British, Canadian and US troops storm the beaches of Normandy. Casualties on Omaha beach. 6th June 1944.
Curated Video
Nearly 70 years after the Allied Forces D-Day invasion France, surviving veterans of the 29th Infantry Division have returned to Normandy to reflect, and recount their experiences. (June 4)
(natural sound of star spangle banner)
(Nats of "Their sacrifice shall never be forgotten")
SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten/29th Infantry Division
"I can look out at that beach and tell you where each was laying and I can describe...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Memories live long for D-Day witnesses
CLEAN: Memories live long for D-Day witnesses
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Memories live long for D-Day witnesses
VOICED: Memories live long for D-Day witnesses