The Invasion of Normandy, 1944. D-Day, Push to the Rhine, Invasion of Germany. Stalin's Red Wall Encroaching.

In the spring of 1944, the Allies prepared for an operation that would determine the course of the modern world. The men tasked with carrying it out knew what awaited them: an entrenched enemy, relentless fire, and the very real chance they would not live to see the sun set. They went anyway. The success of this campaign shaped the borders of Europe, secured the survival of free nations, and cemented the United States as the leading global power. It forced Nazi Germany into a war it could no ...