D-Day 1: The Great Crusade | WW2 | Extra History

📜 History of D-Day, The Great Crusade, Part 1 D-Day: June 6, 1944, the day when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy to retake France from the Germans. They hoped to take the Germans by surprise, and their decision to brave rough weather to make their landings certainly accomplished that, but despite these small advantages, the American forces at Utah and Omaha Beach had to overcome monumental challenges to establish a successful beachhead. Watch Extra History ad-free & get 1-week early access on NEBULA https://go.nebula.tv/extrahistory Suggest & Vote on our next episodes, get exclusive content & 24-hour early access on PATREON https://bit.ly/EHPatreon Show off your fandom with MERCH from our store! http://extracredits.store/ Interested in sponsoring an episode? Email us: [email protected] TWITTER: http://bit.ly/ECTweet I FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram I TIKTOK: https://bit.ly/ECtiktokz BLUESKY: https://bit.ly/ECBlueSky I TWITCH: https://bit.ly/ECtwitch GAMING:    / @extracredits   Miss an episode in our D-Day Series? Part 1 -    • D-Day 1: The Great Crusade | WW2 | Extra H...   Part 2 -    • D-Day 2: The Secret War | WW2 | Extra History   Part 3 -    • D-Day 3: La Résistance | WW2 | Extra History   Part 4 - T   • D-Day 4: The Atlantic Wall | WW2 | Extra H...   Series Wrap-up & Lies Episode -    • D-Day - Lies - Extra History   Thanks for the high-quality conversations & for following our community guidelines here: https://bit.ly/ECFansRNice Artist: Nick DeWitt I Writer: James Portnow I Voice: Daniel Floyd I Editor: Carrie Floyd I ♪ Extra History Theme by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 I ♪ "World of Tanks Burden of Victory" by Sergey Khmelevsky #ExtraHistory #DDay #History