Lt. Col. Gerhard Bolland, an 82nd Airborne Division officer, describes what it was really like to parachute during the Invasion of Normandy.
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D-Day Plus $: Does the Commercialization of Normandy Disrespect the Legacy of the Landings?
“What’s next, dirt biking at Auschwitz?”
Sitting Ducks Over Normandy: A C-47 Pilot Remembers D-Day
A C-47 pilot gives his son a firsthand look at the dangerous missions he flew in flak-filled skies on D-Day and beyond.
WW2TV Will Be Live from Normandy Beaches for D-Day
Woodadge will be broadcasting live on June 6 and 7 from the Normandy beaches for the anniversary of the D-Day invasion—Operation Overlord
Book Review: Divided on D-Day / How Conflicts and Rivalries Jeopardized the Allied Victory at Normandy
Citing new research, authors Edward Gordon and David Ramsay expound on previous work detailing faults theater commanders’ handling of the Normandy Invasion
Film Review: D-Day- Normandy 1944
D-Day: Normandy 1944 Directed by Pascal Vuong. Narrated by Tom Brokaw. 43 minutes. Opens […]
Audio: D-Day Veteran Talks About Jumping Over Normandy – And Everything Going Wrong
World War II veteran Tom Rice, a 94-year-old former paratrooper, relives the moment he jumped from a plane on D-Day, and what went wrong as he did.
Thunderbolts Over Normandy: “Hub” Zemke’s P-47s Hit the Beach on D-Day
On the afternoon of June 5, 1944, “Hub” Zemke returned to Boxted from a […]
Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day?
The peaceful French countryside around La Fiere Bridge erupted into a desperate firefight on June 6, 1944.