The quiet beaches and rural villages of Normandy, France, exploded with fire and fury in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. D-Day. The climactic battle of World War II. The United States and its ...

June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy—the day in 1944 when allied forces from 13 countries stormed five beaches in Normandy, France, marking the beginning of the end of World War ...

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 ...

NORMANDY, France (KLTV) - World leaders and even a choir from Longview High School will be attending the 80th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France. Here are 7 things to ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American ...

World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, Sunday, June 6, 2021, the day of 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (David ...

Along the base of the Normandy peninsula the fighting grew in violence. British troops around Caen smashed a series of desperate German counterattacks and ground ahead slowly. To the west, U.S. troops ...

KINGSVILLE, Texas — According to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, more than 200 World War II veterans die per day, and soon there won't be any left. They're called 'The Greatest Generation' for a reason ...

CHICAGO -- Vietnam veteran Jerome Weatherspoon has a special hobby. Weatherspoon, a 67-year-old retiree, reconstructed the battle scene of the Invasion of Normandy, complete with replica war planes ...