D-Day

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Web Resources
[|D-Day June 6, 1944]
 * The US Army Tribute and Remembrance of D-Day.

[|The National D-Day Memorial]
 * The official site of the National D-Day Memorial, dedicated to those brave soldiers who were part of the Normandy invasion during World War II.

[|PBS American Experience: D-Day]
 * Participants describe the planning and execution of the Normandy invasion during World War II, and the battle for the French beaches.

Print Resources
Please remember that these titles are suggestions for starting points. Many additional titles can be found in the 940.5 to 940.938 section of the library or by accessing and searching the [|library catalog].

//War Stories of D-Day // //: Operation Overlord : June 6, 1944// by Michael Green and James D. Brown **940.5421421 Green**
 * This work gathers first-person stories from some of those who took part in the operation, including paratroopers and representatives of the US Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force.

//The D-Day // //Companion: Leading Historians Explore History's Greatest Amphibious Assault//edited by Jane Penrose **940.542/D277P**
 * The D-Day Companion book brings together the perspectives and opinions of leading military historians from both sides of the Atlantic.

// D-Day // //: The Battle for Normandy//by Antony Beevor **940.542 B** >
 * The first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25.

Primary Sources and Photographic Resources
[|The Library of Congress]
 * Search for D-Day

Photographic Resources
[|Creative Commons]
 * Search for D-Day