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.

Provides information on Pointe du Hoc, an area between two beaches in Normandy taken by the Americans in World War II.

Learn about the role Gold Beach played in World War 2 with pictures, maps, and informational text.

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.

This official site provides a history of D-Day, photos, chronology, and excellent interactive maps.

This site provides extensive information on the invasion of Omaha Beach.

Find out the role the Cotentin Peninsula played in World War 2. It contains pictures, maps, and plenty of information.

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.

Discover the many challenges and difficulties the Allies faced on June 6, 1944, as they attacked the beaches of Normandy.

This article probes the many challenges and difficulties the Allies faced on June 6, 1944, as they attacked the beaches of Normandy.

An informative Question and Answer page on D-Day provided by the BBC on the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.

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...

This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.

This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.

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.

An underwater archaeologist writes about the landings that took place at Omaha Beach and how the best laid plans went very wrong.

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.

This website contains links to the following Ronald Reagan speeches: Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union Addresses, The 1964 Speech, The Challenger Disaster Speech, The Evil Empire Speech, Pointe de Hoc Normandy, Speech at Omaha...

This site includes a letter written by an Allied soldier shortly before landing at Normandy. An invaluable primary source document.

This site provides information on Pointe du Hoc, an area between two beaches in Normandy taken by the Americans in World War II.

This site presents a very basic overview of the long-planned invasion of German-occupied France, known as operation Overlord.