Two days before D-Day, his vessel left Weymouth for Normandy. He later said of surviving D-Day: 'I never imagined myself being part of the forces which were actually landing on the beaches.

4th June 1944 bound for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy). Most of them fought across the German beachfront defenses, supported by nearly 7,000 naval vessels and 11,000 Allied aircraft.

Soar above the iconic beaches of Normandy with this drone footage, revealing the historic sites where the D-Day landings shaped the course of World War II. The richest comedian in the world isn't ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The crucial aspect of D-Day was the surprise factor: even after the landings, the Nazis believed the main invasion would occur at Calais instead of ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: As entrenched Nazi forces mounted attacks, three U.S. battleships — the USS Texas, the USS Nevada and the USS Arkansas — pounded German coastal defenses ...

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.

When he was 19 years old, Joseph B. “Ben” Miller landed at Normandy on D-Day in a paraglider. Eighty years later, he visited ...

Across the channel in France, hundreds of paratroopers landed on the fields of Normandy, recreating a jump ... of the brave men who landed on Omaha Beach. Australian Jim Grievous served in New ...