The Normandy beaches became a battleground in the struggle to free France and Europe at large from the hold of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion, which included land, sea and air forces, was ...

80 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, the infamous invasion of the Allied forces into France, known as D-Day, occurred. What many people don’t realize is how crucial the weather forecast was in order ...

One of the most striking features of World War II-era TIME magazines — aside from their marvelous ads — is the prevalence of elaborate illustrations, often bordering on the beautiful. Visually ...

RAF reconnaissance planes have taken shots of the D-Day beaches after 70 years. With today’s stand-off technology and higher resolutions. RAF Tornado GR4 jets from II (AC – Army Co-operation) Squadron ...

"D-Day: Normandy 1944" is a concise and at times visually compelling overview of the planning, context and execution of the 1944 Allied military operation code-named "Overlord." More commonly known as ...

José Jiménez was the last paratrooper to jump out of a burning C-47 as the airplane headed for a crash landing in Normandy at about 1:30 a.m., several hours before the Allied coastal assault of June 6 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jun 6, 2020 Jun 6, 2020 0 On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day" as they began the ...

On June 6, 1944, The Patriot had a message for Adolf Hitler the leader of the Nazi party in Germany. The headline to the left of the masthead said, "GOOD EVENING, Herr Hitler: The Yanks are coming!” ...

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe ...

Top-secret WW2 maps used by Allied troops for the D-Day landings have sold at auction for £23,000 – after being found in a cardboard box. The collection – giving restricted-access detail of the five ...