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D-Day & Omaha Beach

D-Day & Omaha Beach

FromLectures in History


D-Day & Omaha Beach

FromLectures in History

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Jun 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Professor Adrian Lewis talked about about Omaha Beach and the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, France, during World War II. He described the German and Allied military strategies as well as the command structure on each side. He also enumerated the challenges American troops faced when trying to land on Omaha Beach and argued that the outcome was not inevitable.
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Released:
Jun 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.