This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline that was divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. American troops attacked Utah and Omaha beaches.

Today marks the anniversary of one of the most significant military operations in modern history: the D-Day Normandy landings of June 6, 1944. This pivotal event marked the beginning of the Allied ...

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

Christian Lamb Made Maps to Guide the Crews Landing Crafts at Normandy on D-Day LONDON (AP) — Working alone in a tiny office in London, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in ...

The maps "showed railways, roads, churches, castles, every possible feature that could be visible to an incoming invader and from every angle," Lamb, now 103, told The Associated Press.

The biggest-ever air and seaborne invasion took place on D-Day on France's Normandy coastline on June 6, 1944. More than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches code-named Omaha, Utah, Juno ...

LONDON (AP) — Working alone in a tiny office in London, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in exactly the right place when they scrambled onto Normandy's beaches under enemy fi ...

The maps “showed railways, roads, churches, castles, every possible feature that could be visible to an incoming invader and from every angle,” Lamb, now 103, told The Associated Press.

The maps “showed railways, roads, churches, castles, every possible feature that could be visible to an incoming invader and from every angle,” Lamb, now 103, told The Associated Press.

Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day As a young Women's Royal Naval Service officer in World War II, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops ...