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Records Relating to D-Day | National Archives
D-Day, June 6, 1944, was part of the larger Operation Overlord and the first stages of the Battle of Normandy, France (also referred to as the Invasion of Normandy) during World War II. It was the culmination of the Allied powers strategy for the war and a multinational effort. The success of the D-Day invasion…
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How (Almost) Everyone Failed to Prepare for Pearl Harbor | History | Smithsonian
The high-stakes gamble and false assumptions that detonated Pearl Harbor 75 years ago “The dawn watch had been as pacific as the ocean at their feet. Rousted by an alarm clock, Pvts. George E. Elliott Jr. and Joseph L. Lockard had awakened in their tent at 3:45 in the caressing warmth of an Oahu night…
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What Happened to America’s Most Precious Documents After Pearl Harbor? | Smart News | Smithsonian
“America’s founding documents are among the most precious pieces of paper in history, so precious that they have a lavish, bulletproof and heavily guarded rotunda all their own. But what happened to these documents during World War II? As Jessie Kratz writes for the National Archives, following Pearl Harbor, archivists sprung into defensive action on…
