Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower was given command of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion force that was the greatest ...

Operation Overlord, for example, forever identifies the Battle for Normandy and the D-Day landings. But there are other, less well-known code names linked to equally significant conflicts that ...

On 6 June 1944 the Allies launched the biggest air and seaborne invasion in history, codenamed Operation Neptune ... reporter describes paratroops landing in Normandy on D-Day.

“In operation, the barge would act as a pier to allow the unloading of trucks and tanks from cargo ships,” Sutton explains. Taiwan's remote Shihyu islet, as seen from behind the the anti ...

Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

“In operation, the barge would act as a pier to allow the unloading of trucks and tanks from cargo ships,” Sutton explains. “This allows China to pick new landing sites and complicate ...

Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours ... World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned ...

“Recording Evil,” a landmark documentary project exposing the largest spy operation in World War II, has started filming across three continents. The documentary was commissioned by Israel’s ...

Mnguni said “a minimum” of 100 men had died in the mine where police first launched an operation in November to force the miners out of the illegal operation. The miners are suspected to have ...

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 ...