As the world prepares to commemorate D-Day on its 70th anniversary Friday, the story of the largest seaborne invasion in history is unfolding in real time on Twitter.
Experiencing the D-Day mission minute-by-minute via Twitter gives us a real sense of what actually took place, allowing us to connect with the event in a more meaningful way. Join others on the social network in remembering D-Day by reliving the events of June 6, 1944.
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Check out the Twitter accounts below, which have already started tweeting, to follow D-Day as if it were covered today.
1. @CBCDDayLive
With the invasion now on, British paratroopers with the 6th Airborne Div. are briefed about the mission pic.twitter.com/7wwVu3Fz1N/p>— @CBCDDayLive June 5, 2014
Canadian news channel CBC News Network will be covering details from the D-Day battles in real time, with special attention to Canada's role in the historic invasion.
While tweeting, CBC has been publishing archival photographs of D-Day scenes from its own government resources and other museums to support the events.
Not only can you find its coverage on the Twitter handle @CBCDDayLive, but also on its website, television channels and radio programs.
Tank crews of the Churchills prepare for embarkation as the D-Day invasion looms. pic.twitter.com/BUyBbLu2xJ/p>— @CBCDDayLive June 5, 2014
Created by The News, a daily newspaper in Portsmouth, UK, @RealTimeDDay is live tweeting the build-up and execution of the D-Day mission.
Behind the tweets is defense correspondent Sam Bannister from The News. As events occur, @RealTimeDDay illustrates certain posts with photos of veterans and other scenes from its own archive.
Portsmouth is home to Britain's main naval port, which is one of the locations where tens of thousands of servicemen left for the invasion 70 years ago.
https://twitter.com/ukwarcabinet/status/474460899345186817; @ukwarcabinet June 5, 2014
Using official government and military documents from The National Archives in the UK, @ukwarcabinet tells the stories of the landings on Normandy's beaches. From army unit diaries to admiralty ship logs, this Twitter timeline provides a deep insight into how D-Day panned out.
The live tweeting for D-Day will run until Sunday, June 8.
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