{"id":69684,"date":"2021-06-06T14:15:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T14:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/06\/a-look-back-at-d-day\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:58:02","slug":"a-look-back-at-d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/06\/06\/a-look-back-at-d-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A look back at D-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By early June 1944 the Allies were poised for offensives on all fronts in World War II. As the British prepared to retake Burma from the Japanese, the Americans steamed toward the Marianas, Soviet forces positioned themselves for a massive offensive into Belorussia and another into Finland, and Allied armies were about to retake Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\t