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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jun 5, 2020 Jun 5, 2020 0 On June 6, 1944, Allies staged the opening invasion of France on a 100-mile front along the Normandy ...

D-Day was one of the most important operations in history. Normandy was not the closest point to Germany, but it offered critical advantages. Terrain, defenses, and deception all played a role. This ...

Five years into World War II, the Allies were squeezing the Nazis from two sides. In Western Europe, Allied forces had managed to slow Adolf Hitler's ruthless expansion across the continent. Meanwhile ...

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler's regime.Along the ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open a new exhibit about the pivotal battle that turned the course of the war ...

A national “Call to Action” rally, initiated by U.S. veterans in opposition to Department of Veterans Affairs cuts under the Trump administration, is coming to Longmont on Friday, which marks the 81st ...