D-Day was a turning point that showed the Allies' strength, strategy, and willingness to sacrifice for their country. Eighty-one years ago, the beaches of Normandy changed the course of World War II ...

Widely seen as a turning point in World War II, the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day, has long been the subject of viral rumors with varying levels of legitimacy. As the ...

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...

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 ...

Every June 6 for many years, no matter where I might be, I would make a respectful phone call to my wife’s Uncle Chuck. I simply wanted to let him know that I was thinking about him on the anniversary ...

This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Chief Photographer's ...

Crucial weather forecasts helped allied forces invade on D-Day. Storm forecasts changed history. Today's forecasts still benefit from the science developed during WW2. On June 6, 1944, the Allied ...

On the morning of June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day, marked a turning point in World War II. Over 150,000 troops landed on French soil, launching one of the largest ...

The German Paratroopers of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6, also known as FJR6 would face their American counterparts of the 101st Airborne on D-Day, behind Utah Beach on the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...