By: History Staff
This multimedia journey tells the story of June 6, 1944, and the unlikely triumph at Normandy that would go down in history.
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Published: June 05, 2019
Last Updated: January 31, 2025
Seventy-five years ago, the Allied powers in World War II decided to take the fight against Adolf Hitler directly to France. Planned for more than two years, the D-Day offensive was a full-scale invasion designed to push the Nazis back into Germany. No amphibious mission of its size had ever been attempted.
The epic D-Day offensive ended in Allied victory, but it was a shocking, hard-fought mission that did not always go to plan.
In preparation for war, Hitler wanted to find substitutes for fat-based products—including margarine—in case imported sources were cut off.
Countless history books, TV documentaries and feature films made about World War II, many accept a similar narrative of the war in the West, which may not be entirely accurate.
Even before the US entered World War II, German military intelligence had developed a plan to secretly infiltrate the East Coast and sabotage American war efforts.
Hitler’s war against Boy Scouts fueled the Third Reich’s ideology—and its military might.
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