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Taken the cliffs. by nightfall, 160,000 troops were on that beach. consider this, if the nazis had pushed that invasion back, had beat us back and that atlantic wall had held and we had lost all those brave troops and we were pushed back, what would the outcome have been of world war ii? i think it's the most, if not -- one of the most significant and important days in the 20th century, no doubt. >> jesse: i believe god intervened because some of the wind had blown, the people that were coming into omaha beach a little south so they didn't meet the resistance and rommel wasn't even there. he h...

More than 150,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. A small handful told NPR about their experience.

By the summer of 1944, the goose-stepping boot of Nazi Germany was squarely secured on the necks of the capitulating Western European nations. The Nazi war machine had rolled across

By the summer of 1944, the goose-stepping boot of Nazi Germany was squarely secured on the necks of the capitulating Western European nations. The Nazi war machine had rolled across

Y, they had taken the beach and taken the cliffs by nightfall. by160,000 troops were on that beach. consider this. if the had pushed that invasion back, had beat us back, if that atlantic wall had held and we had lost all those all those brave troops and we were pushed back,t what would the outcome have been of world war two? i think it's the most if not, it's certainly one of the most significant and important days m in the 20th century, no doubt. >> and i believe god intervened because some of the wind had blown the people that were coming in to omaha beachouth a little south. so they didn't...