D-Day in Documents
Comparing Eisenhower's "In Case of Failure Memo" to "The Order of the Day"
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, in the lead-up to D-Day, penned two important documents. Only one became public at the time as the other was prepared in the event that the landings failed. Hear Dr. Christopher Hamner, associate professor at George Mason University and part of ABMC's Understanding Sacrifice program, compare these two historic documents.
- "In Case of Failure" Message Drafted by General Dwight Eisenhower in Case the D-Day Invasion Failed, 1944 National Archives and Records Administration (186470)
- D-day statement to soldiers, sailor, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6/44. Dwight D. Eisenhower National Archives and Records Administration (531217)