NWC Issues in National Security, Lecture 9 "D-Day, 1944"

This lecture took place on May 21, 2024.
THE 9th LECTURE:
OPERATION OVERLORD, the amphibious invasion of northern France at Normandy on 6 June 1944, commonly known as D-Day, represents the Allied opening of the 2nd Front against Nazi Germany in northern Europe. Followed by the Battle of Normandy, the liberation of France, and ultimately the invasion of Germany from the west, it precipitated the eventual collapse of Germany along with the Soviet offensives in the East. Professor Carpenter examines the strategic and operational planning for the invasion as well as highlights many of the most significant events of that seminal event in world history. The lecture focuses on such crucial issues as the decision-making by General Dwight Eisenhower and the SHAEF command staff, the airborne assault on the Pegasus Bridge (Caen Canal), the air campaign preceding the actual landings, and the deception operation known as OPERATION FORTITUDE. Additionally, the lecture looks at the role played by many key personalities on both sides such as General George S. Patton and German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
About the Speaker: Dr. Stanley D.M. Carpenter
Dr. Stanley D.M. Carpenter is Emeritus Professor of Strategy and Policy at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He retired in 2020 after 22 years and served as Strategy and Policy Department Head in the College of Distance Education, where he taught and administered the Strategy and War nonresident programs and served as the Naval War College Command Historian. He holds degrees from Florida State University (Ph.D. in British History), the University of St. Andrews (Scotland)(M.Litt. in Scottish History) and University of North Carolina (A.B. with Honors in History). After thirty years of service, he retired from the US Navy in June 2009 with the rank of Captain having served three commanding officer tours and in several senior staff posts. He researches and publishes extensively on the British Civil Wars, the American Revolution and War of American Independence, American and British military and naval history, military leadership, and the two 20th century world wars. He is also the author of several historical fiction action-adventure novels. Professor Carpenter lectures extensively at public venues and historical associations throughout the Northeast, the Carolinas, and Virginia. Most recently, he served as the Resident Historian onboard Viking Ocean Cruise Line ships in the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic, and Baltic and is currently the Naval Order of the United States Historian General.

[@D4Shahda]

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[@mattellsworth995]

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[@georgeorwell8501]

Hi Mr. War College, sir.
It's George from the internet. I have been grinding through your NWC Issues in National Security lecture series since stumbling across Sarah Paine explaining the facts of life to some naive interviewer and then finding her lectures here.
Great stuff. Thanks for posting all this and doing your part in helping inform Johnny Citizen.
One gripe, though.
For the life of me, I can't find a playlist that only has the lectures for the current series, AY-2023-2024.
Having such a dedicated playlist would be a quality-of-life improvement for anyone who is grinding towards the participation certificate. You wouldn't want to confuse last year's lectures with the current series, after all.

[@YoureAScene]

Thats the same way i found out about these lectures as well, it was through watching a podcast of Sarah Paine’s. Once i found this channel i was thrilled, i’ve been watching them all night/listening to them while driving for hours on end. Absolutely love the great speakers and the history y’all have given to the public. It is great knowing as a citizen of this country that our future military leaders are getting a piece of history and can follow and learn from the past.

[@TrustMeiamaD.R.]

Very concise. Well done. I have paddled in the water at Omaha beach. A very humbling experience.😮

[@CaesarInVa]

I am shocked, offended and traumatized that no consideration was given to LGBTQ+ issues or trans rights during this lecture.

[@Andrerc0]

Shocked, shocked I tell you!

[@georgeorwell8501]

Clearly the Thought Police need to subvert this institution immediately!
Nobody is beyond the reach of the brave new normal.