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Eisenhower&#8217;s D-Day memo about &#8216;great and noble undertaking&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div class=\"control\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"top\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><\/a> <a href=\"#\" class=\"close\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">close<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div data-video-id=\"6045504313001\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6045504313001\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><picture data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/288\/162\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/576\/324\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/672\/378\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/1344\/756\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/676\/380\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/1352\/760\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/896\/500\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/1792\/1000\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/549a40ae-f29d-4523-962b-729db963cd6d\/6b3e843d-1ccd-494b-9411-113a8492b3cb\/877x493\/match\/896\/500\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"General Eisenhower's granddaughter gives inside look into his D-Day service\" width=\"896\" height=\"500\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> <span class=\"overlay\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6045504313001\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">General Eisenhower&#8217;s granddaughter gives inside look into his D-Day service<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Susan Eisenhower recounts her grandfather&#8217;s role during D-Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-title\">Join Fox News for access to this content<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-subtitle\">Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; 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Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">So began Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower&#8217;s 1944 &#8220;Order of the Day&#8221; memorandum, delivered on June 5, 1944, the night before the momentous D-Day landings in Normandy, France, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/world-war-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of the letter \u2014 meticulously drafted by Eisenhower himself, beginning in February of that year, according to the National Archives \u2014 were given to members of the Allied forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/jack-carr-bestselling-author-former-seal-announces-nonfiction-series-targeted-terror-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>JACK CARR, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND FORMER SEAL, ANNOUNCES NONFICTION SERIES, \u2018TARGETED,\u2019 ON TERROR EVENTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To this day, it remains one of the most significant documents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here is the rest of his message \u2014 strong words worth recalling 80 years later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/343\/192\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/686\/384\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/672\/378\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1344\/756\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/931\/523\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1862\/1046\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/720\/405\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1440\/810\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200\/675\/carr-split2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"D-Day in Normandy and Jack Carr\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>&#8220;The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you,&#8221; Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote to Allied forces on June 5, 1944, the night before D-Day. Eighty years later, his words are recalled by No. 1 bestselling author Jack Carr (inset), a former Navy SEAL Task Unit commander and sniper with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/span> <span>(Getty Images\/Jack Carr)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you,&#8221; said Eisenhower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/jack-carr-logan-memorial-day-guard-graves-sacred-vigilance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JACK CARR&#8217;S TAKE ON JOHN A. LOGAN&#8217;S MEMORIAL DAY ORDER: \u2018GUARD THEIR GRAVES WITH SACRED VIGILANCE\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/far-left-hatred-jews-today-echoes-socialism-antisemitism-hitler-1930s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazi tyranny<\/a> over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/343\/192\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/686\/384\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/672\/378\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1344\/756\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/931\/523\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1862\/1046\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/720\/405\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1440\/810\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1200\/675\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_05.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The Allied Naval forces engages in the Overlord operation of landing while Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Allied Naval forces engage in the Overlord operation of landing while Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(U.S. National Archives\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eisenhower went on, &#8220;Your task will not be an easy one,&#8221; he went on. &#8220;Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/pictures-look-back-d-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WORLD WAR II&#8217;S D-DAY: PHOTOS REVEAL WORLD&#8217;S LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/united-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The United Nations<\/a> have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/343\/192\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/686\/384\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/672\/378\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1344\/756\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/931\/523\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1862\/1046\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/720\/405\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1440\/810\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1200\/675\/D-Day-Anniversary-June-6-Photo-Gallery_03.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"US Army troops crowd into a navy landing craft infantry ship during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>U.S. Army troops crowd into a Navy landing craft infantry ship during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. \u00a0<\/span> <span>(U.S. Navy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tide has turned! The free men <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of the world<\/a> are marching together to victory!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;Let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And Eisenhower went on, &#8220;I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/d-day-battle-sites-every-american-should-see-invasion-fascination-millions-normandy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>D-DAY BATTLE SITES EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD SEE AS EPIC INVASION FASCINATION DRAWS MILLIONS TO NORMANDY\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;Good luck! And let us beseech the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/faith-values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blessing of Almighty God<\/a> upon this great and noble undertaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/343\/192\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/686\/384\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/672\/378\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1344\/756\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/931\/523\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1862\/1046\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/720\/405\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1440\/810\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1200\/675\/GettyImages-152240415.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Eisenhower at Ohdruf\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>General Eisenhower (center) listens as a U.S. lieutenant questions a liberated slave laborer at the German prison camp en Ohrdruf (Germany), which was liberated on April 4, 1945.<\/span> <span>(Photo12\/UIG\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The memo was signed simply, &#8220;Dwight D. Eisenhower.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Follow Jack Carr on Instagram at <\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jackcarrusa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i><strong><u>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jackcarrusa<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>More about D-Day, June 6, 1944<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb7\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Operation Neptune, the naval component of Operation Overlord, was the largest invasion ever assembled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban8\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban8\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The successful invasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">northern France<\/a> on D-Day, June 6, 1944, became one of the major events in U.S. naval history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb8\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban9\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban9\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some 11 weeks later, Allied troops advancing from Normandy and Brittany liberated Paris \u2014 almost two months ahead of schedule, as Naval History and Heritage Command noted.<\/p>\n<p>Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II on May 7, 1945.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Jack Carr is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of &#8220;The Terminal List&#8221; and host of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialjackcarr.com\/danger-close-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Danger Close Podcast<\/a>.&#8221; His latest book is &#8220;Red Sky Mourning&#8221; (Atria\/Emily Bestler Books, June 18, 2024). 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