CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division commemorating the impending 80th anniversary of D-Day jumped out of helicopters Sunday and attacked mock targets in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighty years ago, hours before the Allied forces launched a million personnel across the English Channel to fight Hitler’s Third ...

From the night drops of June 6, 1944, to their iconic role in liberating Normandy, the 101st Airborne became one of the most recognized units of D-Day. This look compares their actions during the ...

Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, made up of major forces from the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada and 12 other Allied nations. Some 23,400 airborne troops landed in Normandy from 822 ...

Actors from Band of Brothers television series holding a commemorative 48 star firebrand flag in the jump landing zone outside of Carentan, France. Members of the 101st and 82nd airborne, Firebrand ...

The June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy involved the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, ...

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious military assault the world has ever seen. Its success heralded the beginning of the ...

D-Day, the World War II invasion of Normandy, on June 6, 1944, brings to mind images of Allied forces storming the beaches. However, thousands of troops were also sent in by air, and a young man from ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from 101st Airborne in Normandy IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 6, 1944, the soldiers of the 101st Airborne were handed one of the toughest assignments of ...