Image caption, CRAB TANK: The exits to the Normandy ... place of the actual invasion. Historian Dan Snow examines how two years of meticulous planning shaped the D-Day landings in these short ...

It was believed that if the D-Day landings were successful it would ... The combined battle casualties of the Normandy invasion were an estimated 550,200. Here is a breakdown of some of the ...

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 ...

York's last surviving D-Day veteran has been honoured with a bus named after him in his home city. On 6 June 1944, Ken Cooke ...

Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the hostile beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6 ... soldiers were killed on the day of the invasion, with 5,000 more wounded.

Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy ... the National D-Day Memorial Foundation is hosting events this week to commemorate the invasion’s 80th anniversary.

Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide ... information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

About a month before the Allied invasion of a 50-mile stretch of beaches ... week just days ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy D-Day invasion. “It was like a Hollywood set.

Other students bring their favorite toy to show and tell, but when you’re the teacher, you get to take the really good stuff.

Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ... Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours, Bayeux Shuttle and Paris City Vision earn high praise from past ...