D Day 
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6/2/19
What I’m Reading: An Interview With Historian Mark Weisenmiller
by Erik Moshe
"Historians should have perseverance, a strong set of eyes, and an unimaginably long reading list."
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SOURCE: WWD
4/21/19
Author Sarah Rose Writes the Women’s History of World War II With ‘D-Day Girls’
Rose, who wrote "For All the Tea in China" in 2011, was inspired by her personal connections to the military for "D-Day Girls."
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SOURCE: History.com
3/22/19
Why Gen. Eisenhower Threatened to Quit Just Before D-Day
Before the invasion, the Allied commander was at odds with air force officers and Churchill over a controversial plan.
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3/10/19
How the Allies Won on D-Day
by Giles Milton
A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied – and Axis – forces.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/6/19
D-Day, for the historically challenged
A Louisiana congressman just compared border crossers to Allied forces storming the beaches at Normandy.
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SOURCE: NYT
12-29-2018
British Design for D-Day Stamp Gets Address Wrong by 8,000 Miles
An error in a design for a stamp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day — it showed American troops on the wrong beach, in Asia instead of Europe — has spurred an apology to veterans and their families.
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SOURCE: NYT
1-29-18
A D-Day Plane Lost for Years Is About to Fly Again
It took two eagle-eyed historians to track down the plane that led hundreds of Allied aircraft into Normandy during World War II.
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6-5-16
The D-Day Myth Winston Churchill’s Responsible for
by Craig L. Symonds
It’s about the role of Mulberries in the invasion and it’s just plain misleading.
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