Letters from an American

D-Day

June 6, 2026·6 min·4-min readnarrativehistory
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This episode recounts the pivotal moment in World War II when the fall of Rome on June 4, 1944, was publicly celebrated by FDR in a fireside chat, while secretly Allied forces were already en route to launch the D-Day invasion of Normandy—a dual turning point that marked the beginning of

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FDRDwight D Eisenhower

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Letters from an Americanby Heather Cox Richardson

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Historical FiguresLong Form JournalismMilitary HistoryUs PoliticsWorld War 2

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