National World War II Museum
The National World War II Museum , initially known as the National D-Day Museum , is a museum in New Orleans (in the Central Business District, Louisiana ). His focus is on the Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord) as the contribution of the US armed forces to victory in World War II . It was authorized by the US Congress as America's National World War II Museum .
Museum description
It was opened on June 6, 2000, on the 56th anniversary of the invasion. Many original items, but also partial replicas (such as the Higgins boat ) complement the display boards and films about the landing companies in World War II. It is best to follow the chronological exhibition from the upper floor to the first floor.
There is a large model of beach sections in Normandy. The military tactics of island hopping ( island jumping ) in the Pacific War and the atomic bombs on Japan are also discussed.
Relationship with New Orleans
It was built here because the landing craft (designed by Andrew Jackson Higgins ) were built here. Hence they were also called Higgins boats. Without a large number of such vehicle and troop transports, an invasion of this magnitude would have been inconceivable. Because of this, Dwight D. Eisenhower called Higgins "the man who won the war for us." Their specialty is their suitability for long flat beaches. They were built or licensed by the Higgins Industries factories .
The historian Stephen Ambrose , New Orleans University ( biographer of the US Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon ), did a long research on the subject and in 1991 initiated a foundation to prepare the museum in terms of content and organization.
See also
The US memorials to ...
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial , New York
- National D-Day Memorial , Bedford , Virginia
- National Museum of the Pacific War , Fredericksburg , Texas
- National World War II Memorial , Washington , DC
- United States Marine Corps War Memorial , Arlington , Virginia (Iwo Jima)
- National World War I Museum , Kansas City , Missouri,
- Veterans Day and Memorial Day
Web links
- Official website (English)
Coordinates: 29 ° 56 '35.3 " N , 90 ° 4' 13.3" W.
