Eisenhower the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, notes the National World War II Museum. Preparation began in December 1943 when President Franklin D. The operation would happen on June 6, 1944, but what would become the largest amphibious assault in history had been in the works for years. More than four years into World War II – Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939 set off the global conflict – the major Allied forces including the U.S., Great Britain, France and Russia planned an invasion to weaken an already spread-thin German army, according to Saluting our veterans: USA TODAY special edition What is D-Day? When did it happen? "As it was the successful allied landings announced America’s arrival as the world’s leading power, created the basis for Europe’s future wealth and stability, and established the claim that democracy and international collaboration would ultimately overcome totalitarianism."ĭ-Day: Photos give glimpse into historic World War II invasion 79 years ago "If any single day can credibly be presented as the defining moment of a century, it’s 6 June 1944, the day of the allied landings at Normandy," Peter Jennings, who was the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from May 2012 to May 2022, said back in 2014. They definitely set the standard."D-Day's significance spans continents and decades. "We wouldn't have existed if not for them. Nathan Rogers, a 23-year-old Army Ranger at the time attending the ceremony, said of the troops involved. "They gave us our world," said President Clinton, during events observing the 50th anniversary in France.
There are more existential reasons, too, as to why D-Day remains significant to us. and its allies must continue to evolve its ability to use data to its advantage in deterring – and combatting – adversaries, Harrigian said. With information and space as potential "domains of conflict" with adversaries China and Russia, the U.S. Air Forces Africa and Allied Air Command at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. "Then and now, information is the key to warfare when you’re locked in conflict with a peer adversary as the Allies were with Nazi Germany," said Harrigian, who at the time was the commander of the U.S. Jeff Harrigian, who penned a D-Day anniversary observance editorial on in 2021.
Soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy still faced incredible challenges, persevering when an intricate Operation Overlord didn't go according to plan.īut the decision-making savvy shown by the Allied commanders then is an example of what is always needed to manage changing worldviews, said now-retired Gen. The Allied forces turned the tide in World War II with the invasion of Nazi-held Europe.
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The plan, code named Operation Overlord, had been in the planning for years, but began fully in December 1943 when Gen.
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