Seventy-nine years ago today, Europe was rescued from Nazi Germany. June 6 should be considered one of the most important days in world history. It was a date that saved a country, a continent, and arguably Western civilization. Operation Overlord, the military code name for D-Day, began just after midnight on June 6, 1944. Hundreds of thousands of Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to save Europe from the horrors of Nazi Germany. Had this military operation failed, it could have turned the tide of the war in Germany’s favor.