Veterans Affairs Canada
Veteran Affairs Canada: Normandy 1944 Canada Remembers
Established in coordination with the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, Veteran Affairs Canada provides fact sheets, images, and 5 classroom-friendly activities that celebrate and honour Canada's contribution on the beaches of Normandy.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Normandy, 1944:omaha Beach:pointe Du Hoc
Provides information on Pointe du Hoc, an area between two beaches in Normandy taken by the Americans in World War II.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Normandy, 1944:gold Beach
Learn about the role Gold Beach played in World War 2 with pictures, maps, and informational text.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veteran Affairs Canada: Normandy 1944 Canada Remembers
Established in coordination with the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, Veteran Affairs Canada provides fact sheets, images, and activities that celebrate and honour Canada's contribution on the beaches of Normandy.
Other
Normandie Tourisme: D Day and the Battle of Normandy
This official site provides a history of D-Day, photos, chronology, and excellent interactive maps.
Other
D Day Invasion at Normandy
A detailed account of one of the most important battles of World War II, the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Gives a history of World War II that led up to this battle and describes what would have happened if the Allies had failed at D-Day.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Normandy, 1944:omaha Beach
This site provides extensive information on the invasion of Omaha Beach.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Normandy, 1944:utah Beach:cotentin Peninsula
Find out the role the Cotentin Peninsula played in World War 2. It contains pictures, maps, and plenty of information.
War Times Journal
War Times Journal: The Normandy Landings: D Day: June 6, 1944
A map that provides an animated view of the invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944, by the Allied Forces.
Other
D Day at Omaha Beach Normandy, France
This resource includes a letter written by an Allied soldier shortly before landing at Normandy. This is an invaluable primary source document.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Normandy, 1944
This site from Britannica takes a comprehensive look at the invasion of Normandy. It focuses on the invasion and the fighting as well as on remembering Normandy and the soldiers that fought there.
BBC
Bbc: The Battle for Normandy
Discover the many challenges and difficulties the Allies faced on June 6, 1944, as they attacked the beaches of Normandy.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: D Day
The planning of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy is told through a series of revealing photographs and primary source documents.
Curated OER
Map Showing the Allied Advance in Normandy
This article probes the many challenges and difficulties the Allies faced on June 6, 1944, as they attacked the beaches of Normandy.
Curated OER
Unknown Soldier's Grave on a Normandy Beach
An informative Question and Answer page on D-Day provided by the BBC on the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.
BBC
Bbc: History: D Day: Beachhead
Historian Duncan Anderson explores the landing by Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy and discusses how meticulous planning and preparation, good luck, and bold decisions made D-Day a triumph instead of the 'ghastly disaster' it...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Operation Overlord
To understand the invasion of Normandy, students must have at least a basic understanding of the factors, countries, and risks involved, as well as an understanding of the events leading up to it. This narrative is nicely condensed...
Curated OER
4th Division Troops Shelter Behind Concrete Wall While Others Advance Off Beach
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
Curated OER
Painting, Soldiers Resting on Omaha Beach, by Manuel Bromberg.
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada: D Day
Examines with clarity and conciseness the role Canadian soldiers played in D-Day.
BBC
Bbc: History: Animated Map: Operation Overlord
A nicely done Flash animation using a map of Normandy and the beaches where the D-Day invasion took place. You can trace the movement of the Allied armies into Normandy and there is a timeline showing when and what happened. Archived.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: D Day and the German Surrender
A brief description of the end of World War II with the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the Allied race to Berlin, and finally, V-E Day.
BBC
Bbc: History: Archeology: D Day: The Untold Story
An underwater archaeologist writes about the landings that took place at Omaha Beach and how the best laid plans went very wrong.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: D Day (June 6, 1944)
The Library of Congress provides a brief overview of D-Day (in three parts), the day that thousands of American and British soldiers landed on the beaches of northern France.