This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of occupied France during World War II. The operation began on June 6, 1944 and was the largest single-day amphibious invasion of all time, with 160,000 troops landing on the Normandy coast. President Obama will attend the D-Day commemorative events in France.
 

The dead and those about to die: D-Day: the Big Red One at Omaha Beach by John C. McManus

Neptune: the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings by Craig L. Symonds

Double cross: the true story of the D-day spies by Ben Macintyre

Fortitude: the D-Day deception campaign by Robert Hesketh ; introduction by Nigel West

The longest day: June 6, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan

Six armies in Normandy: from D-Day to the liberation of Paris by John Keegan

Hoodwinking Hitler: the Normandy deception by William B. Breuer

Neptunus Rex: naval stories of the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944 by edited by Edward F. Prados