Today marks seventy-one years since the United States and allied forces initiated the largest amphibious invasion in history.

I will tell you right now that words from me won’t give a day like this any where near the justice that it deserves. On its 70th anniversary last year, Allan Bourdius did “live” tweet of the historic invasion. It’s worth taking a look at.

Revisiting #DDay70 on #DDay71 – my “live tweeting” of the 70th anniversary of #DDay from last year: https://t.co/bGIi3ncm5w #NeverForget

— Allan TFH/RoEL/VLR (@allanbourdius) June 6, 2015

And this from General Eisenhower, written on the day before:

Gen. Eisenhower’s handwritten note taking all blame for himself in case D-Day landings failed tomorrow 1944: pic.twitter.com/RbpeAWn3PL

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 5, 2015

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