Right in time for Memorial Day, The Teaching Company has made available a 30 minute lecture, Eisenhower and Operation Overlord (download mp3 here or mp4 here), which is an outtake from a larger course called “World War II: A Military and Social History.” The lecture, presented by Professor Thomas Childers (University of Pennsylvania), delves into the preparations for the largest amphibious assault in military history, the D-Day Invasion (June 6, 1944) that marked the beginning of the end of World War II.
Despite the many university courses that you can find freely available on the web (see our list of 200+ courses here), I still end up buying a fair number of courses by The Teaching Company. Why? Because they’re generally very informative and the production value is high. And, it doesn’t hurt that they have an extensive catalogue at this point. If you go this route, the trick is to buy the mp3 version (they’re much cheaper) and to wait for your course to go “on sale.” (The Teaching Company runs sales left and right.)
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