D Day

What I’m Reading: An Interview With Historian Mark Weisenmiller

by Erik Moshe

"Historians should have perseverance, a strong set of eyes, and an unimaginably long reading list."

Author Sarah Rose Writes the Women’s History of World War II With ‘D-Day Girls’

Rose, who wrote "For All the Tea in China" in 2011, was inspired by her personal connections to the military for "D-Day Girls."

Why Gen. Eisenhower Threatened to Quit Just Before D-Day

Before the invasion, the Allied commander was at odds with air force officers and Churchill over a controversial plan.

How the Allies Won on D-Day

by Giles Milton

A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied – and Axis – forces.

D-Day, for the historically challenged

A Louisiana congressman just compared border crossers to Allied forces storming the beaches at Normandy.

British Design for D-Day Stamp Gets Address Wrong by 8,000 Miles

An error in a design for a stamp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day — it showed American troops on the wrong beach, in Asia instead of Europe — has spurred an apology to veterans and their families.

A D-Day Plane Lost for Years Is About to Fly Again

It took two eagle-eyed historians to track down the plane that led hundreds of Allied aircraft into Normandy during World War II.

The D-Day Myth Winston Churchill’s Responsible for

by Craig L. Symonds

It’s about the role of Mulberries in the invasion and it’s just plain misleading.