This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, also known as D-Day. The operation is known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, involving 150,000 land, air and sea ...

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

Francis ‘Jim’ Grant joined the Royal Marines aged 18 in 1943 and served until 1946, patrolling beaches and escorting allied ...

Friday, June 6, 2025, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) — June 6, 2024 marks 80 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 ...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most ...

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 ...

Dave Hamilton returned to Normandy, France, 75 years after D-Day. NORMANDY, France -- Joe Enzminger craned his neck to the sky over Normandy, France, on Wednesday, waiting to see one of the 14 World ...