It involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands of troops on five separate beaches in Normandy. More than a year in the planning, D-Day was originally set to start on 5 June, judged to ...
French officials have ‘relaunched’ a bid to have the D-Day landing beaches protected by UNESCO World Heritage listing.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHAM) – On Veterans Day, the men and women who have fought for the country are honored, including a 103-year ...
NORMANDY — As a student of military history, especially World War II, I had longed to perhaps someday visit Normandy, the ...
Leonard T. Schroeder Jr. holds a unique place in history as the first Allied soldier to set foot on Normandy during D-Day.
The Normandy massacres, as they are known to history, ranged in scale from spontaneous murders of individual POWs, to ...
When the military took over Joseph Spillane's college, he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army. The Mystic resident fought in ...
Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D brings this monumental event to the world's largest screens for the first time. Audiences of all ages will discover from a new ...
Landing at Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944 – one day after the historic D-Day invasion of Normandy, France – U.S. Army Captain ...
Alton goes to Normandy Once trained, Alton was a prime candidate to participate in the D Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was one of 23,000 paratroopers who were loaded into giant C 47 ...