D-Day remembrance: World War II veterans return to Normandy on 80th anniversary of invasion. It would be more than four years ...

The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II. A sign outside Trinity Church, New York City, inviting worshipers to ...

The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was ... Hitler's defenses in Western Europe and change the course of World War II. With veterans and world dignitaries gathering in ...

It was a story that took months of planning and coordination across a half-dozen countries and two continents: the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that marked the turning point for the Allied ...

Movies: Dunkirk, Bombers and the Bombed, Evacuees, Secret Army, D-Day It was the greatest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare and the risks were immense. The consequences of failure were ...

In April 1944, American troops took part in a top-secret rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, on Slapton Sands in Devon, England. Unfortunately the operation, known as Exercise Tiger ...

WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion, launched? documentWW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion, launched? A detailed look at how the D-Day invasion was launched ...

The modern-day aerial footage is accompanied by interviews with World War II veterans, mixed with archival footage of the June 6, 1944 “D-Day” invasion, along with newly created maps and photo ...

Today, Goss is one of an estimated 100 to 150 World War II veterans ... the National D-Day Memorial Foundation is hosting events this week to commemorate the invasion’s 80th anniversary.

Record of the operations of the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the 1944 DDay invasion of France Shows paratroops gliders and troop carriers landing in France behind the German lines a day ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. The D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, remains one of the most ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Local World War II veteran Richard Schermerhorn, who landed on a Normandy beach during the D-Day invasion in 1944, has died at the age of 102.