What was it like to take the first steps on Omaha Beach? This veteran shares his powerful, first-hand account of the landing, ...
Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord – ...
WIESBADEN, Germany — Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set the standard for coalition warfare. The lessons ...
Five years into World War II, the Allies were squeezing the Nazis from two sides. In Western Europe, Allied forces had managed to slow Adolf Hitler's ruthless expansion across the continent. Meanwhile ...
Visiting the D-Day beaches in Normandy is one of the most powerful and sobering experiences you can have in France. Scattered along the coast are remnants of the largest amphibious invasion in history ...
Under Maj. William O. Darby, volunteers drawn heavily from the 34th Infantry Division trained in Scotland in demolitions, ...