COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a ...

Today marks the anniversary of one of the most significant military operations in modern history: the D-Day Normandy landings ...

Operation Overlord – aimed at liberating German-occupied western Europe – commenced as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. In what became known as the D-Day landings ...

When Operation Overlord – to reclaim mainland Europe from the Nazis - began with the Normandy Landings on 6 June 1944, BBC news reporters were in at the start, reporting from the frontline.

Eisenhower once wrote of the Allied invasion of Normandy that "any amphibious operation ... The USS Nevada fires on positions ashore during the landings at Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours, Bayeux Shuttle and Paris City Vision earn high praise from past visitors. Located near the cemetery is the Normandy Visitors Center, which highlights the ...

The best time to visit Normandy is June to August. Though this is the height of the peak tourist season – which can last from May to mid-October – this period also promises the most pleasant ...

OVERLAND • Beneath silver stars dangling from the ceiling, teachers from Normandy middle and high schools nursed margaritas at the Signature Room, a strip mall bar off of Interstate 170.

WELLSTON • Daija’h Jackson is among the hundreds of Normandy High School students who arrive each morning ready to learn. But this requires strategy in a place where fights can erupt multiple ...

According to the memoirs of Scotsman James Stagg, the chief meteorologist for the Normandy Landings, by June 2, the Americans were optimistic for a 'go' on June 5, whilst the British were "unmitig ...