Annotated Bibliography

Primary Source

Archive “Complete Broadcast Day D-Day : Free Download & Streaming.” ​Internet Archive​, 6

June 1944, .Web Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.

<archive.org/details/Complete_Broadcast_Day_D-Day> This website has an archive full

of radio broadcast of the time D-Day was happening. It talks about how the first infantry

started attacking and what was going on during the war. It also talks about the soldiers

that were went early to Omaha Beach with an overcast which must have been

frightening.This archive helps me with how broadcasts displayed information that they

got and how they told everyone listening from home.

Arnn, Roy. “Soldiers Stories.” ​Military.com Content​, Web Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.

<www.military.com/Content/MoreContent1/?file=dday_0043p1.> This story talks about

a man name Roy Arnn who participated in the Normandy Invasion on boat crew #8. Roy

talks about how he got drafted and what he was doing at the time. He was out going to

buy a car when he heard on the radio that they bombed Pearl Harbor, so he decided not to

buy the car since he knew he was being drafted. He was later drafted on January 28, 1943

and sworn in on Feb. 4. He was also apart of the first wave on Omaha Beach with 1st

Infantry Division. This true story shows compromise because Roy had to leave his family

and didn’t want the car at first. He knew that he had to go so he left the car with his mom

and went to war.

Bannerman, Alastair. “"If I don't come home": letters from a D-Day captain.” ​History Extra​,

Web. Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.

 <www.historyextra.com/feature/second-world-war/if-i-dont-come-home-letters-d-day-ca

ptain.> Alastair was a captain in the Normandy Invasion and wrote to his family about

how the invasion was before and after. He discusses the pictures and sounds that he heard

which were amazing but scary as well. He talks about the aftermath of seeing bodies and

vehicles everywhere, also how he slept and who he bunked with. These letters show an

inside look at how the war was and what soldiers had to go through. They didn’t know

whether or not they were going back home.

Richard Preston and Ben Hazell. “D-Day: June 6th 1944 as it happened.” ​The Telegraph​,

Telegraph Media Group, 6 June 2014,Web. Accessed 13 Sept. 2017.

<www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10878674/D-Day-6th-June-1944-as-it-hap

pened-live.html.>

This website shows the invasion hour by hour and what happened. People from

everywhere were discussing the D-Day event. For example,”​The battle has begun and

France will fight it with fury. For the sons of France, whoever they may be, wherever

they may be, the simple and sacred duty is to fight the enemy with every means in their

power.” ​this is from Charles de Gaulle, on BBC radio. He thanks the British for their

effort in the liberation of France. The invasion on D-Day was a very important event, that

scared everyone everywhere.This source has helped see how people around the world

heard about the invasion and how people felt.

Weiner, Morris. “D-Day correspondence between a soldier and his wife, 1944.” ​The Gilder

Lehrman Institute of American History​, 31 May 2015, Web. Accessed 13 Sept. 2017.
 <www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/world-war-ii/resources/d-day-correspondence-be

tween-soldier-and-his-wife-1944.>

This is a letter from a U.S. soldier serving in the U.S Quartermaster Corps in England

while D-Day was about to begin. Morris Weiner wrote to his wife, Sylvia Weiner, about

the invasion. He writes very excited,” Of course nothing has happened except the most

world shaking event.” His wife Sylvia writes with promise,” Well - D-Day! It has come -

God! So long awaited - so feared - so rejoiced - such release…” These letters represent

both conflict and compromise because the soldier and his wife want to be together, but

must wait for the invasion and war to be over. The wife understands this, so she says that

she will wait for him and shed no tears. This source has helped me see the perspective of

a soldier and his wife, the struggles that they had to face during this time.

Secondary Source

Austra, Kevin R. “D-Day: U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division's Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach.”

HistoryNet​, Historynet, 5 Aug. 2016, Accessed 29 Sept. 2017.

<www.historynet.com/d-day-us-armys-1st-infantry-divisions-desperate-hours-on-omaha-be

ach.htm.> The article talks about how the the U.S. Army’s first division had to endure the

attacks from the Germans. When the soldiers were dropped off by boat they were too far

from the beach and had to walk in water, while being fired at. Some of the soldiers jumped

off their boats, into the water and drowned due to their heavy gear. They also struggled to

advance up the beach and attack the Germans at their posts. They had to wait and take cover

until more allies came and helped. This article shows both compromise and conflict because
 the soldiers had to fight up the beach and many died. In order to compromise they took

cover and waited for their fellow allies.

Botting, Douglas, and John R. Elting. ​The Second Front​. S.l., Time Life, 1997. In the book it says

that Germany were penetrating deeper and deeper into the vast country across a broad front,

Russia, about 6 months later after the U.S attacked Pearl Harbor in December, they decided

to join the war against the axis. This created the Grand Alliance, Britain, Russia and the

United States were now united. Britain and America had to launch a second front​, the

German armies had been plunging deeper into the Soviet Union and Russia were losing a

lot of civilians and soldiers, due to war, disease, starvation, and cold. This source has helped

understand that Britain and America had to compromise and attack faster. The U.S joined

the alliance to help Russia and Britain, in return of perhaps using them for other things. In

order to get what they want from Russia and Britain, they went to war with Germany and

formed the alliance.

D-Day Strategy and the Normandy Invasion.” ​Strategic Thinking​, Strategy by Design, .Web

Accessed 22 Sept. 2017

<www.strategybydesign.org/d-day-strategy-and-the-normandy-invasion/>. In the article it

says that the Allies tricked the Germans into thinking that they had a 4th army, which froze

13 German divisions who waited for their attack. The Allies also tricked the Germans by

convincing them with misinformation techniques and telling where they are going to attack,

so that the Germans will move all of their defenses at that one spot. Plans for the Normandy

campaign were partly based on a set of principles developed under the leadership of
 Brigadier General John W. O’Daniel. This article shows the compromise the Allies had to

make due to the Germans plans. Since they knew the Germans were spread throughout the

beach, they had to compromise and move them into one spot.

History.com Staff. “D-Day.” ​History.com​, A&E Television Networks, 2009, Web. Accessed 5

Sept. 2017. <www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day>.

This article shows what started on June 6, 1944 and ended on August 11, 1944. It tells

about the struggles the army and the soldiers faced during that time. Approximately

156,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers landed on the 50-mile stretch of beach

on Normandy. Some estimate that more than 4,000 allied troops lost their lives in the

D-Day invasion. Winning the invasion was a big step up for the allies and helped win

the war. The following spring the allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi

Germany, Hitler later committed suicide the next week. This article has helped in my

research in understanding how it was during those months on the beach of Normandy. It

also helped me see how both sides planned their attacks and how they executed.

History.com Staff. “The Holocaust.” ​History.com​, A&E Television Networks, 2009,Web.

Accessed 13 Sept. 2017. <www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust.>

In this article it talks about how the Holocaust came to be and what happened. “​The twin

goals of racial purity and spatial expansion were the core of Hitler’s worldview, and from

1933 onward they would combine to form the driving force behind his foreign and

domestic policy.” Adolf Hitler wanted the Jews to be eradicated and wanted the “supreme
race” to be in power. Many prisoners who were sent were killed, but some survived.

World war II was one of the worst wars in history, many Jews were killed, because of

this Jews had to find places to hide from the Nazi’s and hope they were not caught or else

they were sent to concentration camps. This source has helped see how bad it was for the

Jews during World War II and how they struggled to survive.