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An American M4 Sherman tank with hedgerow breaching modifications, 60th Infantry Regiment, Belgium. 9 September 1944. U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Rhino Tanks: The D-Day Weapon That Helped Win World War II

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US Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless flying patrol in World War II. Photo by US Navy.

Move over Enigma – The Allies had a World War II Tide Prediction Machine

“Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06. U.S. Coast Guard/Robert F. Sargent.

D-Day: How Did the Allies Know the Weather Would Be Right?

General George L. Mabry, Jr. U.S. Army.

'Fighting George': The Medal Of Honor Recipient Who Fought From D-Day To the Bulge

“The Jaws of Death.” A photo by CPHOM Robert F. Sargent, USCG. A Coast Guard-manned LCVP from the U.S.S. Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division on the morning of 6 June 1944 at Omaha Beach.

5 Compelling First-Hand Accounts From D-Day

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How Hitler Ruined His Own Changes to Win During D-Day

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Stories From D-Day

An American M4 Sherman tank with hedgerow breaching modifications, 60th Infantry Regiment, Belgium. 9 September 1944. U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Rhino Tanks: The D-Day Weapon That Helped Win World War II

US Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless flying patrol in World War II. Photo by US Navy.

Move over Enigma – The Allies had a World War II Tide Prediction Machine

“Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire”, circa 1944-06-06. U.S. Coast Guard/Robert F. Sargent.

D-Day: How Did the Allies Know the Weather Would Be Right?

General George L. Mabry, Jr. U.S. Army.

'Fighting George': The Medal Of Honor Recipient Who Fought From D-Day To the Bulge

“The Jaws of Death.” A photo by CPHOM Robert F. Sargent, USCG. A Coast Guard-manned LCVP from the U.S.S. Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division on the morning of 6 June 1944 at Omaha Beach.

5 Compelling First-Hand Accounts From D-Day

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How Hitler Ruined His Own Changes to Win During D-Day

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History Question: Why Can't There Ever Be Another D-Day Invasion?

USS LST-289 docks at Dartmouth, England, after being torpedoed by German MTBs during rehearsal operations off Slapton Sands, England, April 28, 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Did the U.S. Cover Up Hundreds Of Deaths During Training For D-Day?

Per Anthony Beevor, D-Day (ISBN:978-0-670-88703-3) attributes the gap being created by a Rhino Tank. Archives de la Marche, Saint Lo. 25 July 1944. U.S. Army.

Americans Had To Fight This Unexpected Enemy To Break Out On D-Day

Members of the British Corps of Signals and Merchant Marine pulling in the first American cable to France at Cherbourg. Photographed by CPU-11, 29 July 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph

In June 1944, There Was One Way To Save the Normandy Beachhead: Take Cherbourg