Thursday, June 5, 2008

D-Day: June 6, 1944


In honor of D-Day (June 6), read up on the historic invasion of Normandy with these PCLS titles:

  • The Americans at D-Day by John C. McManus
  • The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice by Alex Kershaw
  • D-Day: The Greatest Invasion by Dan Van der Vat
  • D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose
  • D-Day with the Screaming Eagles by George E. Koskimaki
  • June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day by Gerald Astor
  • Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Webster

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum website offers a wealth of historical documents, including journal entries, operation orders, reports, maps, and photographs.

The Library of Congress Veterans History project includes personal stories from veterans involved in the D-Day invasion. You can listen to the audio interviews from veterans of D-Day here.

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