WWII Primary Sources

D Day

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Newsreel, The Day (1944)

D-Day Newsreels - What the General Public saw in June 1944

Sketch of a D-Day Platoon Leader's Dress

Eisenhower "In Case of Failure" Message, D-Day

General Eisenhower's Order of the Day

Cable from General Eisenhower to General Marshall Regarding D-Day Landings

NY Times - Airman describes how battle looks

NY Times - Heroes of the Invasion

NY Times - The Battle in Normandy

NY Times - Thousands Offer Blood Here

NY Times -
Eisenhower Acts

NY Times - The Invasion

NY Times - Invasions!

NY Times - All
Landings Win

NY Times - D-Day Twins Named

NY Times - Brightest
Hopes Exceeded

Secondary Source - D-Day Fact Sheet on the Beaches (Defense Department)

D-Day: Omaha Beach

Harold Baumgarten remembers the BLOODY Omaha Beach invasion

Roland Chaisson remembers
Omaha Beach invasion

Photograph, US soldiers leaving LCVP during invasion of Omaha beach in June 1944

Photograph, American soldiers organizing equipment on Omaha Beach

Photograph, US LSTs lined up on Omaha Beach, France

Photograph, LCI(L)-85 sinking off the coast of Omaha Beach

D-Day: Gold Beach

John Howland remembers the invasion of Gold Beach

D-Day: Gold Beach

D-Day film captures
Juno Beach landings

Canadian D-Day veterans share stories from Juno Beach with young people

D-Day: Utah Beach

Joseph Motil remembers the invasion on
Utah Beach

John "J.J." Witmeyer remembers the invasion at Utah Beach

Gliders and planes fly over Utah beach in June 1944

Destroyed German battery near Utah Beach

D-Day: Sword Beach

Basil Woolf remembers the invasion at
Sword Beach

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