The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf ...

On the ground, U.S. tank crews worked to support allied forces. Three tank battalions were there for the initial D-Day attack. Hundreds followed in the weeks after. “A lot of them, this would ...

Can power ever be virtuous? It’s an almost theological riddle. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the two—power and virtue—were neatly aligned. Good confronted evil; such clarity gives courage . . . D ...

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June 6, 1944, is a special date in American history. It is synonymous with D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place 80 years ago. History As It Happens takes its annual look back ...

D-Day is one of World War Two's most famous events, an operation that paved the way for the Allied forces' eventual victory over Nazi Germany. But the image we have of what took place on Tuesday 6 ...

I can clearly remember the night of 5/6th June, 1944 D Day. We were in bed, blown our candles out, and settled down for the night. Just after one o'clock we were all awake due to the almighty row ...

This weekend our sponsors at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum unveil Remembering D-Day: a commemorative 80th anniversary event in honor of The Battle of Normandy and all World War II Veterans.

Charles Shay has traveled to Normandy nearly every year since 2007 to perform a sage ceremony on Omaha Beach, where he served as an Army medic on D-Day. "I remember my family and ancestors," Shay ...

Six Scottish D-Day veterans - all now in their 90s - have ... He said: "The overriding thing I remember from being a prisoner of war was the lack of food. We had to steal potato skins from the ...

UTAH BEACH, France--As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it will rise again Thursday over the Normandy beaches where the waves long ago washed away the blood and boot-steps of its soldiers ...

When Samu Qureshi sits down in the middle of his 4,100-square-foot “museum” in Bethesda, the longtime Washington football fan is surrounded by his life’s work.