Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord – ...

US soldiers assist American WWII veteran Fred Taylor during a ceremony on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler's regime. Along the ...

UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to fight the Nazis. On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans were joined by a new generation ...

Eighty-one years ago Friday, more than 160,000 Allied troops stormed the multitude of drop zones along the beaches of Normandy, France. It was D-Day, perhaps the most significant turning point of ...

A military plane flies over an US cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy ...