All the careful planning, specially designed vehicles, and months of training couldn't save the thousands of men who lost their lives that morning. It was a terrifying maelstrom of chaos and death. It combined the Allies' industrial strength, the inventiveness of their military engineers and planners, and the coordination of all branches of service on land, sea, and air.īut if you've seen the film Saving Private Ryan, you'll know that for the men in the first waves, particularly on the American sector called Omaha Beach, it felt nothing like success. We celebrate this day as one of the greatest achievements of the Allied war effort. Jwas just a Tuesday to most people but for thousands in on the biggest secret of the year, it was D-Day: the largest seaborne invasion in history. The Honors College at the University of Houston presents this program about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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