With the invasion well under way, President Roosevelt returned to the radio on the night of June 6, 1944, not in arrogance, or defiance, but in prayer. Here & Now spoke with Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School on the eve of the invasion's 65th anniversary.
Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now. Host: Deborah Becker.
Listen to the prayer and read the speech
Ironically, each member of Germany's Wehrmacht wore a belt buckle inscribed with the phrase "Gott mit uns" (God with us), a carryover not only from World War One's spiked helmets, but from coat of arms of Prussian King Frederick the first... Not just the first Frederick, but Prussia's first king, 1701 - 1713.
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