Snapshots in History: June 6: Remembering D-Day and its Operations

On June 6 and beyond, take a moment to remember D-Day (June 6, 1944) and Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, France by Allied Forces. Canadians troops played their role as they landed at Juno Beach and pushed ashore and inland from there. The blog posts “D-Day: Canadians at Juno Beach, June 6, 1944” and “The 70th Anniversary of D-Day” did an excellent job in highlighting titles in the Toronto Public Library collection that focused on Canada’s contribution in the D-Day invasion and subsequent fighting inland. So rather than re-invent the wheel, let us focus on other aspects of the D-Day invasion process that contributed to its overall success such as: Operation Neptune, the large naval armada that attacked German coastal forces in Normandy, France, and delivered Allied troops for shore landings using landing craft; Operation Pointblank (or the Pointblank directive), that focused on bombing factories that produced German fighter planes, ball bearings, and other war materials to facilitate Allied air superiority in conjunction with the invasion of Western Europe; and, Operation Fortitude, the Allied misinformation, espionage, and deception campaign that attempted to divert the attention of German forces to false invasion targets such as Pas de Calais (the closest place in France to the English coast) and Norway. Consider the following titles for borrowing from Toronto Public Library collections:

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