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 ...

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

One of the most important days in military history, June 6, 1944, will undoubtedly live in infamy. On this day, Operation ...

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an ... Situated about 6 miles from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was the first city liberated after the D-Day landing. It's also the closest ...

videoThe Battle for Omaha Veterans of the Omaha Beach landings in Normandy recall their memories just before the attack began, and the carnage that followed before the beach was secured.

In 1944, Comanche Code Talkers exchanged radio messages detailing the exact landing locations for each group of Allied Forces as their ships reached the beaches of Normandy. The delegates will ...

Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France ... advance upon the beaches of France in the wake of the Stars and Stripes, on D-Day. General Dwight Eisenhower gives the order of the day ...

Those who travel to the Normandy beaches to pay their respects ... WW2 – did not to have its own D-Day memorial near the landing beaches. This is Nicholas's story, as recounted in Radio 4's ...

Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach Flying low ... of this generation of heroes – are visiting the beaches of Normandy and participating in several days of festivities marking ...

He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day. He discusses the realism of the weapons and strategies ...