OLLI D-Day - D-Day to VE Day

Course Description

On June 6, 1944, the Western Allies comprised primarily of American, British, and Canadian soldiers and sailors launched the largest seaborne invasion in world history.  Their goal was to liberate France and ultimately destroy the German Nazi regime.  The invasion required intense planning, deception of the German leadership, and the heroism of the soldiers, especially those landing on the shores of Normandy on D-Day.    As dawn broke on June 7, 1944, the Allied Expeditionary Force held a tenuous foothold on the shores of Normandy, France.  Almost another year of hard fighting lay ahead, but D-Day signaled the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany.  From D-Day +1 through the German surrender on May 8, 1945, Professor Blaine Davies describes how the Soviet Union squeezed the Germans from the East and the Western Allies from the West and ultimately ended Nazi tyranny.  

**This is a HYBRID class, offered live in the classroom and online via ZOOM simultaneously.  Please choose either the Zoom or Classroom session at the time of registration.

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