Experience the D-Day invasion from the cockpit of a P-51 Mustang as Allied pilots flew dangerous missions over Normandy on ...

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...

"Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called ...

A soldier from Virginia who died on D-Day has been accounted for 81 years after he was killed, officials said in a news release. The company disembarked from their landing craft at around 7 a.m.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author of "The Americans at D-Day" John McManus discussed how the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944 was a team effort among several groups.

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

D-Day was a pivotal point in World War II and world history. Despite occurring 80 years ago, it is still the largest seaborne invasion in history and is still being analyzed by historians today. Join ...

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans will close its long-running D-Day invasion exhibit later this month for a major renovation aimed at modernizing the visitor experience and expanding historical ...

NORMANDY, France -- As the clock struck midnight on June 6, 1944, the droning hum of aircraft engines broke the quiet stillness of the dark hours. A young girl, 5-year-old Danièle "Dany" Patrix ...

When Mary Mullaney answered a knock at the door of her Newark, New Jersey, residence in the summer of 1944, she found officials from the U.S. Navy waiting to speak to her. Several of her sons were ...

When Mary Mullaney answered a knock at the door of her Newark residence in the summer of 1944, she found officials from the U.S. Navy waiting to speak to her. Several of her sons were serving overseas ...