D Day - Eighty Years Ago

John Rhodes on History

The invasion of Normandy in June 1944 was one of the greatest battles in history. John begins the story by examining Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and the events that made D Day necessary and inevitable.

John Rhodes covers what led up to this historic event on this week's episode.

The photograph in the episode image is Courtesy of The National WWII Museum.

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