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One of war photographer Robert Capa’s images shows a wave of troops arriving on the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Robert Capa via National Museum of American History

May 10, 2024

A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later

Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution

Artifacts held in the National Museum of American History provide personal details about the Normandy invasion.

The Viking hoard being excavated. Acta Konserveringscentrum

March 12, 2021

Swedish Viking hoard: how the discovery of single Norman coin expands our knowledge of French history

Jens Christian Moesgaard, Stockholm University

A Viking hoard of silver coins and jewellery expands our understanding of French history.

To stage their invasion of Nazi-held France, Allied forces created floating harbors in the English Channel where ships could safely dock to send soldiers and supplies ashore. Royal Air Force

June 3, 2019

D-Day succeeded thanks to an ingenious design called the Mulberry Harbours

Colin Flint, Utah State University

How engineers helped the Allies defeat Nazi Germany and win World War II.

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