What was the D-day invasion from the Germans point of view?

He was on guard duty on France's Normandy coast in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, tasked with scanning the skies for enemy planes. That morning he saw scores of them and within days was a prisoner of the Allies. Golz spent the rest of the war in a POW camp in Virginia. read more

D DAY Through German Eyes - The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944, by Holger Eckhertz There are two books in this series, both available on Amazon. The books are filled with interviews by Dieter Eckhertz, Holder’s grandfather. read more

German soldier poses for the camera. On that night of 6 June none of us expected the invasion any more. There was a strong wind, thick cloud cover, and the enemy aircraft had not bothered us more that day than usual. read more

An anonymous German private described his experience during the early hours of the Normandy invasion: "On that night of 6 June none of us expected the invasion any more. There was a strong wind, thick cloud cover, and the enemy aircraft had not bothered us more that day than usual. But then - in the night - the air was full of innumerable planes. read more