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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NORMANDY, France -- It's early June, and Normandy ... occupied France during the D-Day invasion on the morning of June 6, 1944. Among those jumping to mark the 80th anniversary of Operation ...

When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, ...

Day of Days June 6 1944 commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing by bringing together American DDay veterans to share their experiences from that fateful day As they vividly ...

Guided walks are being offered at a former World War Two airfield to mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings. RAF North ...

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.

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 ...