A U.S. flag lies as a marker on a destroyed bunker two days after the strategic site overlooking D-Day beaches was captured ...

The Allied forces launched mission D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. It was the largest amphibious ...

The Normandy landings were a massive joint services operation, with naval, aerial and paratroop elements supporting the main amphibious assault. They required specific meteorological conditions ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a ...

Truscott believed that “few words have a more glamorous connotation in American military history” than the ... lessons for the eventual landings at Normandy. Those Rangers were the first ...

What Normandy boasts in dramatic, windswept coastline and impressive history, it lacks in kosher ... imagining boats of Allied soldiers landing on D-Day, he knew he had to make this region ...

Of the 1,213 warships involved, 200 were American and 892 were British; of the 4,126 landing craft involved ... 360-degree view. History needs to teach as well as entertain.

Of the 1,213 warships involved, 200 were American and 892 were British; of the 4,126 landing craft involved ... 360-degree view. History needs to teach as well as entertain.