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At The National WWII Museum in New Orleans , you will learn about World War II, the D-Day invasion and the war in the Pacific from the American perspective. As you progress through walking tours ireland the Museum's D-Day Planning Gallery, video maps like this one show how General Eisenhower and the Allies planned and executed Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
The National WWII Museum's mission is especially relevant today, because it focuses not only on how World War II came about and how it was fought, but also on the war's impact on the world, walking tours ireland past, present and future, "...so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn." (Emphasis walking tours ireland mine; quote taken from The National WWII Museum's website walking tours ireland .)
I highly recommend this museum, which is located in New Orleans partly because the Higgins Boats used in D-Day were designed and built there. walking tours ireland Another great museum located in an interesting place is the National Museum of the Pacific War, located in Fredericksburg, Texas, walking tours ireland the hometown of Admiral Nimitz. (Can you tell I love museums!)
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