As the United States and many other nations are pausing to remember the 81st anniversary of D-Day on June 6, CBN News takes a look back at that heroic day where thousands of men gave their lives to defeat an enemy who sought to enslave the entire world.

On the 40th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, on June 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan, himself a World War II veteran, gave a speech on the very spot where Allied soldiers stormed the gates of hell and were victorious.

Although Reagan didn't see combat, he did have a front-row seat. He was a member of Jack Warner's First Motion Picture Unit for the Army Air Corps. From that vantage point, he saw all of the unedited combat footage come from every corner of the world, including footage of the American Army liberating the Nazi death

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