Minnesota World War II veteran Les Schrenk recently got a chance to visit the former POW camp in Poland where he was held ...

What is D-Day? When did it happen? More than four years into World War II – Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939 set off the global conflict – the major Allied forces including the U.S., ...

World War II Paratrooper Recounts Parachuting Into Normandy On D-Day Leslie Cruise served as a paratrooper during the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944. The 95-year-old veteran reflects on his survival ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The 75th anniversary of World War II’s D-Day is June 6, commemorating the largest invasion by air, land and sea in history.. More than 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and 150,000 soldiers from the ...

The D-Day invasion marked the start of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. The date of the invasion was June 6, 1944, and the entire operation lasted through August 1944.

World War II veteran Britain’s Bill Gladden, left, speaks with U.S WWII veteran Jack M. Larson in the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, Monday June 5, 2023.

Craig Symonds talked about the logistics and strategies behind Operation Neptune, the plan responsible for the World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, 160,000 ...

Jim "Pee Wee" Martin is a World War II veteran who dropped into occupied France with the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment -- the famous "Band of Brothers" -- on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

A group of over 60 World War II veterans were flown from Dallas to France for the upcoming 80th Anniversary of D-Day AP. They will also participate in a daily ceremony known as le Ravivage de la ...

Friday, June 6 marks the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the massive Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 that became one of the most defining moments of World War II.