Omaha beach is located about 40 minutes by car from Caen in Normandy. 34,000 American soldiers landed there on D Day during ...

La douleur m’a brisée, la fraternité m’a relevée, de ma blessure a jailli un fleuve de liberté” “Pain broke me, brotherhood ...

Veterans Return to Normandy on 78th Anniversary of D-Day and Remember Life-Changing Moments of WWII During their visit to France for this year’s D-Day commemoration, the veterans will be honored ...

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 ...

Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France ... information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf ...

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western ...

Warren Goss also went to France for the 75th D-Day anniversary in 2019. WAC returned to Normandy Connie Jamison, 82, of Lincoln Place, recently returned from Normandy. A member of the Brentwood ...

Narrated by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, the documentary D-DAY: OVER NORMANDY focuses on the personal stories of those who served in the Second World War. The modern-day aerial ...

With the 80th anniversary of D-Day one year away, we visit the sites that commemorate this world-defining event.