On the morning of June 6, 1944 as Allied forces readied their daring assault on the beaches of Normandy, France, Associated Press photographers, reporters and more prepared themselves for what was to ...

(KLTV) - June 6 marks 80 years since the launch of Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied invasion known as the Battle of Normandy. The mission served as the starting point for the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jun 5, 2020 Jun 5, 2020 0 On June 6, 1944, Allies staged the opening invasion of France on a 100-mile front along the Normandy ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf ...

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord – ...

D-Day was a pivotal point in World War II and world history. Despite occurring 80 years ago, it is still the largest seaborne invasion in history and is still being analyzed by historians today. Join ...

Five years into World War II, the Allies were squeezing the Nazis from two sides. In Western Europe, Allied forces had managed to slow Adolf Hitler's ruthless expansion across the continent. Meanwhile ...

Part of the invasion fleet of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France, off the Mediterranean coast in 1944. (US Department of Defense / Wikimedia Commons) HYERES, France (CN) — On Thursday, ...