The Economics of the Normandy Invasion

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How industrial power and innovation helped turn the war.

By Cameron Abadi, a deputy editor at Foreign Policy, and Adam Tooze, a columnist at Foreign Policy and director of the European Institute at Columbia University. Sign up for Adam’s Chartbook newsletter here.

A cross with a remembrance poppy stands near graves of fallen soldiers at the La Cambe German war cemetery in La Cambe, France.

A cross with a remembrance poppy stands near graves of fallen soldiers at the La Cambe German war cemetery in La Cambe, France, on June 7. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

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This past week, the United States and Europe commemorated 80 years since the Allied invasion of Normandy, a colossal military offensive that helped turn the tide against Nazi Germany in World War II. D-Day, as it came to be known, marked the largest seaborne invasion in history at the time. It brought about the liberation of France and accelerated the final stages of the war.

Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @CameronAbadi

Adam Tooze is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a history professor and the director of the European Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Chartbook, a newsletter on economics, geopolitics, and history. Twitter: @adam_tooze