Eighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

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 – ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jun 5, 2020 Jun 5, 2020 0 On June 6, 1944, Allies staged the opening invasion of France on a 100-mile front along the Normandy ...

Personal accounts from D-Day veterans, sharing their experiences, challenges, and the lasting impact of the Normandy invasion ...

WIESBADEN, Germany — Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set the standard for coalition warfare. The lessons ...

Before it became a turning point of World War II, the Normandy landings carried enormous risks and uncertainty. This video looks at the doubts of Allied leaders, the unstable weather forecasts, the ...

GRAVETTE -- It took more than 80 years, but a soldier from Gravette was finally returned home and laid to rest Monday. The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Rodger Dean Andrews, who died in the D-Day Normandy ...