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 Overlord – ...
The arrival in Normandy started with a heroes’ welcome by school children and World War II re-enactors in Houlgate followed by a visit to Le Memorial de Caen, a museum and war memorial commemorating ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Cheers, applause, and a standing ovation greeted World War II veterans and Holocaust survivors Friday (June 6) at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. The emotional reception ...
The late historian Stephen Ambrose wrote biographies of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, as well as many books about World War II. For histories of the war in Europe, Ambrose ...
The National WWII Museum celebrated its 25th anniversary Friday at a remembrance ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the epic air, sea and land campaign that launched the ...
Richard Fazzio, who was wounded on D-Day, will receive an award for sacrifice and service on from the World War II Foundation.
The US’ National World War II Museum says that a good way to appreciate the significance of D-Day is to imagine what would have happened if the operation had failed. According to the museum, another ...
(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. (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D ...