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D-Day 60th Anniversary: Web Links From The 24 Hour Museum
Researched by Gavin Greenwood
Some useful web-links to guide you through the history of the D-Day landings.
Image: Photo shows a black and white picture of a German soldier waving a white flag.
Photo: a German soldier carrying a white flag. D-Day is a landmark of the Allied victory in Europe.
Maps
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Clickable map from an excellent French D-Day site
Documents
Eisenhower’s message to the invasion troops (.pdf file)
Roosevelt’s note appointing Eisenhower to command ‘Overlord’ (.pdf)
Eisenhower’s message to US military chief Gen Marshall that D-Day has begun (.pdf)
The Airborne Campaign
June 1944 diary from RAF station at Tarrant Rushton
Art
Images
Museums and Locations on the Web
UK
D-Day exhibition at Explosion! (Priddy’s Hard)
Read Gavin Greenwood's feature exploring the background to the D-Day landings
Read Gavin Greenwood’s feature about the Normandy Landings of June 6 1944
Explore some of the locations and museums in Normandy today that tell the story of D-Day
Read about the Mulberry Harbours and how they kept the supplies rolling after the D-Day landings
Read our timeline of events leading up to D-Day
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