On the countryside of Normandy sits a bakery full of French delicacies — not far from a city spared in World War II. A place ...

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now,” says Shakespeare’s Marc Antony, showing Julius Caesar’s slain body to the Romans. I say the same to you, if you’re going to Discovery Place for “D-Day: ...

On 6 June 1944, Allied troops landed on the coast of Normandy, France on D-Day. The German 2.Panzer Division was ordered to ...

The American paratroopers who dropped from the sky into Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, appeared sent from heaven. In the eyes of the people looking up from the ground of occupied France on D-Day, ...

"D-Day: Normandy 1944" is a concise and at times visually compelling overview of the planning, context and execution of the 1944 Allied military operation code-named "Overlord." More commonly known as ...

John Farrell 'Jack', Victor C. Ellison, Paul Mace, Edward Rose 'Ted', David Brooke, John Jack, George John Albert Allen, Ronald Giles, Richard Norris, Ronald Ritson ...

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, forever reshaping the progress of the war and history during the D-Day operation. Thousands ...

On this day in 1944, some 160,000 American, British and Canadian soldiers came ashore along a 50-mile stretch of a heavily fortified French coastline to engage the occupying German force on the ...

Historically inspired watchmakers' Kickstarter campaign enters its final week as fans support new timepiece that pays homage to one of the most ...

For many, the weekend commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings recall glory and valor. But for Francoise Piloy and others like her, the anniversary of D-Day inspires a mix ...

The group jumped out of the same planes that flew over Normandy 80 years ago. A group of American lawmakers honored the bravery of World War II veterans who took part in D-Day with a parachute jump ...

Those are the words visitors often hear when entering the Normandy Visitor Center. “That’s what they call it here … not ‘seeing a grave,’ but ‘visiting a soldier,’” wrote Joseph Dunn, of New Orleans.