"The supreme Allied command Tuesday sent the greatest air fleet in history over the French coast in support of the invasion, winning complete mastery of the air within the first hour of the landings," Walter Cronkite wrote 75 years ago today, as he covered the D-Day invasion. Read his original article from June 6, 1944 here.
Seventy-five years after more than 150,000 Allied troops descended upon Normandy beaches to liberate German-occupied France, World War II veterans, heads of state and history buffs will gather for what is perhaps the last major anniversary for living D-Day participants. Watch the live coverage here.
75 Years Ago—Biggest Undertaking in the History of the World
*Note: **A lesson that bears repeating. Even the cloddish vanity of Donald Trump can’t mar this anniversary.* When it comes to *World War II*, certain dates are etched indelibly into the *American consciousness*, even occasionally piercing the *historical unawareness* of young people now generations removed from the events. December 7, *Pearl Harbor Day* is one. August 6 when the U.S. dropped the first *Atomic Bomb* making the end of the war with *Japan *inevitable is another. So is June 6, known without further explanation as *D-Day*. American troops pinned down on Omaha Beach... more »
75 years later, Rangers again scale the cliffs at Pointe Du Hoc
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