The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

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 ...

MARION, IL (KFVS) - It's been 67 years since the Allied Forces invaded the beaches of Northern France and turned the tide in World War II. But, the cost of pushing the Nazi forces out of Western ...

Eighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...

CHARLESTON — One of the last times Pfc. Hubert Smoak wrote home to the family farm in Colleton County, he said he was prepared to fight. Just as importantly, the 28-year-old Army soldier told his ...

Sometimes history gets revealed in small, nearly forgotten scraps. The Allied invasion of Normandy took place this week in 1944. On the evening of June 5, the largest armada in history began to churn ...

CHICAGO -- Vietnam veteran Jerome Weatherspoon has a special hobby. Weatherspoon, a 67-year-old retiree, reconstructed the battle scene of the Invasion of Normandy, complete with replica war planes ...

Eighty one years after the invasion of Normandy, a local vocal ensemble from Wake County, called VocaVarina, will travel to France and participate in a patriotic concert to remember those who fought ...

Chaminade High School students prayed for hours at the gravesite of a long-forgotten alum who heroically died after the D-Day invasion of Normandy during a recent trip to France. Officials at the Long ...

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans will close its long-running D-Day invasion exhibit later this month for a major renovation aimed at modernizing the visitor experience and expanding historical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The ...