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D-day

[dee-day] / ˈdiˌdeɪ /




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“Pressure,” the new World War II movie from director Anthony Maras and writer David Haig, is a hyperfocused look at the days leading up to D-day with a special focus on the weather.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

“That was an absolute disaster and yet we remember D-day as one of the great military triumphs in history,” Haig says.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott are fire and ice in this depiction of the run-up to D-day, a secret operation that required total commitment — and no rain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The production design team re-created the famous D-day map from the Allied headquarters in Southwark House.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

In 2009 the city also decided to reimburse all the fines charged to black citizens who had participated in D-day.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry


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