June 6, 1944, is a special date in American history. It is synonymous with D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place 80 years ago. History As It Happens takes its annual look back at ...

A group of veterans, active duty military and Anniston locals gathered Thursday at the Berman Museum to remember this day in American history, the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, D-Day. As an ...

(In 2001, the late Tallahassee Democrat columnist and historian Gerald Ensley wrote the origin story of the Camp Gordon Johnston museum in Franklin County, which trained World War II soldiers for the ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

Eighty years after it happened, D-Day – the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted – still resonates today. With the bold invasion of Nazi-held Europe on June 6, 1944, the Allied forces ...

Visiting the Normandy D-Day beaches from Paris is easier than most people think. In this guide, I show you how to plan the perfect day trip, including transport, timing, and the must-see sites. From ...

Writing about the Allied invasion of Normandy, Garrett M. Graff is treading onto familiar history. From books by Stephen Ambrose to films such as “Saving Private Ryan,” there are ample works ...

D-Day veterans 'answered the call for the country': American Battle Monuments Commission historian Benjamin Brands, a historian with the American Battle Monuments Commission, shares background of the ...