d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i ve set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of america s greatest generation led to the downfall of hitler s naz
invasion of france, that began the liberation of that country and of europe and the world from nazi tyranny joining us live from walpole, new hampshire to reflect on this momentous day is the award-winning director and filmmaker. ken burns, who of course produced the war. it s simply called the war, the definitive documentary outlining what happened in the course of world war ii. i can, i m so grateful to have you on the program. i just like to start with your reflections as we see what are really our final remaining veterans, those courageous men who stormed the beach that day casey thanks for having me. this is one of the most important days in american history. it s certainly one of the most important days in world history. this is the greatest cataclysm in the history. of the world more than 60 million people were killed. this is the greatest invasion in the history of that. and we began our film at the end of the 90s to err in 2007 because