History - D-Day Facts They Don’t Teach in School

On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces invaded the Normandy region of France in an offensive that kicked off one of the bloodiest and most important parts of World War II. Of course, the invasion marked the beginning of a hard-fought campaign to liberate Western Europe from the clutches of Nazi occupation. And it was a remarkably deadly day—and campaign overall—that would see many Americans and other Allied soldiers lose their lives. Soon, it came to be known as “D-Day.”