WASHINGTON (June 5, 2025) –Tomorrow marks the 81st anniversary of D-Day. The anniversary celebrates when in 1944 allied forces from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada landed on the German-occupied French coastline. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history and a turning point that laid the foundations for the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
For more context, please consider Denver Brunsman, Department Chair of the Albert H. Small Normandy Institute at the George Washington University. He is an expert on Britain, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Early Modern World, Imperialism and Colonialism, and Military History.
To speak with Dr. Denver Brunsman, please contact Media Relations Specialist Shannon Mitchell at shannon [dot] mitchell
gwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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