2014年6月5日 · "On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed along a heavily fortified, 50-mile stretch of French coastline in the historic operation known as D-Day. Allied casualties were heavy — an estimated 10,000 killed, wounded and missing in action — but by day's end, the Allies had gained a foothold to begin liberating Europe."

1994年5月30日 · Fifty years ago on June 6, 1944, the largest armada of land, sea, and air forces ever assembled embarked on a great crusade across the English Channel to free the European continent of a tyranny that had taken hold and threatened to …

Fifty years ago at this place a miracle of liberation began. On that morning, democracy's forces landed to end the enslavement of Europe. Around 7:00 a.m., Lt. Colonel James Earl Rudder, 2nd Ranger Battalion, United States Army, led 224 men onto the beaches below and up these unforgiving cliffs.

2014年5月15日 · June 6 marked the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy. World leaders, including President Biden, members of Congress, military officials and veterans attended this year's...

1994年6月6日 · President Clinton describes D-Day as the day democracy triumphed over totalitarian oppression. As he recognizes those who sacrificed themselves for freedom, he urges the current generation to continue the struggle for peace.

1994年7月25日 · D-Day, June 6,1944, saw the largest seaborne invasion in history, with more than 150,000 troops landing in rough seas on a 50-mile stretch of Normandy beach in just over 24 hours. Casualties were high, with more than 4,900 estimated killed on D-Day alone.

While all American operations had a D-Day, the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, is the best-known and goes down in history as such. Why invade at Normandy? There was enormous thought on both sides as to where the cross-Channel attack would take place.

2006年7月6日 · When 41 of them jumped into the swampy land around nearby Amfreville on Sunday, they were commemorating the early hours of June 6, 1944, when they led the way for the invasion of Normandy. They...

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The action begins at midnight, June 5/6, when the first British and American airborne troops jumped into France to launch the invasion. It ends at midnight, June 6/7. Focusing on those pivotal twenty-four hours, this is the story of individuals rather than units.