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Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan. AJ Pics / Alamy Stock Photo

June 5, 2024

Ten classic films about D-day, recommended by a war historian

Sam Edwards, Loughborough University

D-Day has drawn the attention of numerous filmmakers over the years. Here are ten of the best D-Day films, each showing the invasion’s prominent place in international memory.

U.S. Army Rangers prepare to depart England for the D-Day invasion. Photo12/UIG/Getty Images

May 21, 2024

Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago

James Sandy, University of Texas at Arlington

The fight up the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc and the battle across Omaha Beach were spearheaded by a relatively new type of unit: Army Rangers.

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.

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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