The Normandy beaches became a battleground in the struggle to free France and Europe at large from the hold of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion, which included land, sea and air forces, was ...

On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France became the largest amphibious military assault the world has ever seen. The success of the operation, called Operation Overlord and most ...

The skies above Normandy were once again filled with Western soldiers jumping out of planes. 80 years after the Allied forces launched the massive D-Day invasion, veterans and civilians leapt out of C ...

“Band of Brothers: Most Hated in Normandy 1944 – Then and Now” explores the dramatic events surrounding the Allied invasion of Normandy and the fierce battles that followed. Focusing on the soldiers ...

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 (AP) — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by ...

June 6, 1944 is often considered the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe. On this day, 156,000 Allied troops successfully stormed the beaches of Normandy in occupied France. At 6:30 on the ...

US soldiers assist American WWII veteran Fred Taylor during a ceremony on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in ...

NORMANDY, FRANCE — World War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, ...

SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER, France — At least the dead will always be there. All too many have been, for 76 years since that fateful June 6 on France’s Normandy beaches, when allied troops in 1944 turned ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — On Thursday, the world celebrated D-Day, the moment the tide turned in favor of the Allied forces in World War II. KFOX14/CBS4 Photojournalist Rudy Reyes shows us how ...