Every year on June 6, we mourn and remember those who participated in D-Day, the massive military operation that saw the Allied Forces begin the push that would ultimately end World War II.

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the National D-Day Memorial Foundation is hosting events this week to commemorate the invasion’s 80th anniversary. The official international ceremony will take place June 6 on Omaha Beach.

Veterans are planning a massive rally in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere June 6 to protest cuts ... scheduled for the 81st anniversary of D-Day, aims to be a nonpartisan call to preserve veterans ...

Today marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, the world bore witness to the power of unity and selflessness when more than 150,000 Allied troops coalesced to stage the largest ...

This Thursday, June 6, the Falkland Islands will also be joining the D-Day 80th Anniversary of the beach landings in Normandy with the lighting of a beacon at 5:15 PM, under the motto of ...

On 6 June 1944 the Allies launched the biggest ... A collection of resources that can be used to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day as part of an assembly for UK primary schools.

Parachutists drop in Carentan-Les-Marais in Normandy, France, on Sunday ahead of D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations ... of fire on five beaches on June 6, 1944 — French officials, grateful ...

Photographer Captures Moving Portraits of Last WWII Veterans and Learns Their Survival Stories The successful invasion of Normandy on June 6 ... on 78th Anniversary of D-Day and Remember Life ...

June 6. /TASS/. More than 80% of respondents replied positively to a question on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin should have been invited to events marking the 75th anniversary of the ...

The royal trio joined veterans in Portsmouth at the U.K.'s major national commemorative event Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the world's ...