On June 6, 1944, Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel on transport ships to liberate Western Europe from Nazism. The next day, President Roosevelt, in a radio address, asked Americans to join him in prayer: “My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in t