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D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, with Taylor Downing

D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, with Taylor Downing

In this four-week course, you’ll discover everything you need to know about the Normandy landings, guided by historian, author and broadcaster Taylor Downing

Published: August 21, 2024 at 3:32 PM

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Week oneThe decision to invade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In week one of our course on D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing explores when, why and how the decision to invade Nazi-occupied Europe was made, setting the scene for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare
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Week twoPlanning for D-Day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In the second week of our course on D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing explores the huge scale of the preparations required to ensure an Allied victory
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Week threeDeceiving the Nazis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In week three of the HistoryExtra Academy course on D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing explores how hoax soldiers, dummy military equipment and a pretend commander concealed the Allies' D-Day plans from Nazi eyes
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Week fourLaunching Operation Overlord. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In week four of the HistoryExtra Academy course on D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing explores the highs and lows of D-Day, and examines how more than a year of top-secret planning and preparation finally came to fruition

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