On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, became the largest amphibious military assault the world had ever seen. The success of the operation, called Operation Overlord and most ...

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...

On June 6th, 1944, D-Day commenced, and thanks to Operation Fortitude, the Germans were caught off guard, securing the ...

The surviving veterans of D-Day, most in wheelchairs, were again in Normandy on Thursday, as they remembered the day 80 years ago when they stormed French beaches to claw back the European continent ...

FILE - U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Carentan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944. The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day is a mixed bag of ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, ...

The quiet beaches and rural villages of Normandy, France, exploded with fire and fury in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. D-Day. The climactic battle of World War II. The United States and its ...

DALLAS — When Robert Pedigo steps off a plane Saturday in Paris to attend ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, it will be the first time the 100-year-old veteran of the ...

The military history and culinary traditions of Normandy, France meet in a tasteful and secretive enclave behind the walls of a 12th-century castle, a short distance from D-Day landmarks Omaha Beach ...

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler’s forces couldn’t help but notice the hungry French boy by the side ...