- "This day is called by the planners 'Overlord', and will be remembered as such by our posterity. The fate of the world hangs on the outcome of the battle that rages on the beaches and on the hills to the south" - Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
- "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." - General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- "Go get 'em!" - General Omar Bradley
- "All we have to do is jump out of the boat, run over the beach, charge up a cliff and hope to God that we've chosen the right one. If not, we're in big trouble." - American soldier, Richard Winters
- "We're landing on the wrong beaches, it's obvious! These beaches are being strongly defended. We haven't got the element of surprise." - American general, J. Lawton Collins
- "That the Allies had not been able to land elsewhere than in the worst-defended section of the entire wall of Europe does great credit to the secret work of the German Intelligence." - German General, Erwin Rommel
- "D-Day was a victory for the Allies, but it was also a victory for humanity." - John Keegan, military historian
- "D-Day was a day of great heroism and sacrifice, but it was also a day of great hope. It was the beginning of the end of the war, and it gave the people of Europe hope that they would one day be free from Nazi oppression." - Winston Churchill