{"id":36024,"date":"2024-05-13T20:01:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=267107"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:32:54","slug":"historyextra-academy-video-lecture-d-day-the-decision-to-invade","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/historyextra-academy-video-lecture-d-day-the-decision-to-invade\/","title":{"rendered":"HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: D-Day \u2013 the decision to invade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> In week one of our course on D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing explores when, why and how the decision to invade Nazi-occupied Europe was made, setting the scene for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Charlotte Hodgman\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 13 May 2024 at 18:01 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: &#8220;a8e83bf4f0b322914cb9b899980cd2178db8bbea&#8221; <br\/>Mix ID: &#8220;&#8221; <br\/>Player ID: &#8220;67n8mz30&#8221; <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn&#8217;t appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"67n8mz30\" content-id=\"a8e83bf4f0b322914cb9b899980cd2178db8bbea\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <section class=\"highlight \"> <div class=\"highlight__content editor-content\"> <h4>Discover more learning from week one of the HistoryExtra Academy course on D-Day and the Normandy Campaign<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/second-world-war\/churchill-d-day-oppose-against-normandy-overlord-landings\/\">Churchill and D-Day: did the prime minister oppose the Normandy landings?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 reading time 8 mins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/membership\/barbarossa-and-britain\/\">Barbarossa and Britain<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 reading time 9 mins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/membership\/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-d-day-ww2-podcast\/\">Podcast: D-Day: everything you wanted to know<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 listening time 54 mins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/second-world-war\/why-when-how-america-entered-ww2-pearl-harbor-roosevelt\/\">When and why did the US get involved in WW2<\/a> \u2013 reading time 9 mins<\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <div class=\"highlight__image-container\"> <div class=\"highlight__image\"> <div class=\"img-container img-container--highlight-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/HEXA-D-Day-Vod-SQ-e4ac327.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=556,556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/HEXA-D-Day-Vod-SQ-e4ac327.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=205,205 205w, \" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) 615px, (min-width: 768px) 410px, (min-width: 576px) 205px, calc(100vw - 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