West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

The year 2024 witnessed a number of meaningful anniversaries for the United States and its allies: the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy ... where 44 ...

Worsley, voice-over: This tapestry shows the invasion of England and the ... and securing a strong supply line from Normandy. So this is a map of Southeast England. It's not a brilliant map ...

Within a year, he and his men would be deployed to England — to prepare for the invasion of Normandy ... forces hours away from landing on Utah Beach, Winters took charge.

World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

In the debut episode of the Logistics of D-Day we explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as ...

Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide in the war and helped lead to the fall of ...

There are no showtimes for this date. June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through ...

and beaches where tanks and other heavy equipment can be delivered to firmer ground or a coastal road, the report said. "Any invasion of Taiwan from the mainland would require a large number of ...