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D-day in History and Memory: the Normandy Landings in International Remembrance and Commemoration

Description: Over the past sixty-five years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944, known as D-Day, has come to stand as something more than a major battle. The assault itself formed a vital component of Allied victory in the Second World War. D-Day developed into a sign and symbol; as a word it carries with it a series of ideas and associations that have come to symbolize different things to different people and nations. As such, the commemorative activities linked to the battle offer a w… more
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Date: April 2014
Creator: Dolski, Michael R.; Edwards, Sam & Buckley, John
Partner: UNT Press

[Bay view]

Description: Photograph of the view from Mont-Saint-Michel in France. In the foreground, multiple rows of arched columns are visible. The Mont-Saint-Michel Bay is visible through the arches.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Le Mont-Saint-Michel]

Description: Photograph of a church on the island of le Mont-Saint-Michel, France. The entrance to a church is visible in the foreground. Two people stand outside of the rectangular doorway. The bell tower is partially visible rising behind the church facade.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Le Mont-Saint-Michel tower]

Description: Photograph of a tower on the island of Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France. In the foreground, a tower is visible with a blue tile roof. Each side of the tower is divided by three arched windows.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[View from le Mont-Saint-Michel]

Description: Photograph of the view from le Mont-Saint-Michel Island in France. In the foreground, one of the fortress towers is visible to the right above some trees. The bay and ocean are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Zigzag Roof]

Description: Photograph of a church in le Mont-Saint-Michel, France. In the foreground, a cloister is visible with a zig zag tile roof. The church body is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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[News Clip: D-Day]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 6, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975

Description: Interview with Clyde Funk, physician and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Funk discusses the Normandy invasion (1944), the shooting down of his bomber and his capture in France on October 12, 1944, his interrogation at Dalag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany, Oberursel, Stalag Luft 3-A, Sagan, Stalag Luft 7-A, Moosburg, forced marches, and his liberation by American troops.
Date: February 22, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Funk, Clyde
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The Strategic and Operational Debate Over Operation Anvil: the Allied Invasion of Southern France in August, 1944

Description: In August, 1944, the Allies embarked on one of the "two supreme operations of 1944," Operation Anvil/Dragoon. It is an operation that almost did not happen. Envisioned as a direct supporting operation of Overlord, Anvil soon ran into troubles. Other operations taking away resources away from Anvil in addition to opposition from the highest levels of Allied command threatened Anvil. This thesis chronicles the evolution of this debate, as well as shed light on one of the most overlooked and s… more
Date: May 2013
Creator: Zinsou, Cameron
Partner: UNT Libraries

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 249th week of the war, 131st week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text highlights action on various war fronts: France ; Italy ; Pacific ; Eastern Front ; Balkans. Inset maps: The advance beyond Rome ; Europe ; The Normandy coast ; China. Photographs: American assault troops move ashore in northern France ; Canadians with bicycles disembark from an infantry landing craft. Back: Map of Germany and adjacent areas shows railroads, superhighways, rivers, and mountains.
Date: June 19, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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