The Normandy beaches became a battleground in the struggle to free France and Europe at large from the hold of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion, which included land, sea and air forces, was ...
80 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, the infamous invasion of the Allied forces into France, known as D-Day, occurred. What many people don’t realize is how crucial the weather forecast was in order ...
One of the most striking features of World War II-era TIME magazines — aside from their marvelous ads — is the prevalence of elaborate illustrations, often bordering on the beautiful. Visually ...
RAF reconnaissance planes have taken shots of the D-Day beaches after 70 years. With today’s stand-off technology and higher resolutions. RAF Tornado GR4 jets from II (AC – Army Co-operation) Squadron ...
SOUTHWICK, England (Reuters) - Seventy-five years ago, at Southwick House on Britain's southern coast, Allied commanders stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling wall map, planning the largest seaborne ...
"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 ...
José Jiménez was the last paratrooper to jump out of a burning C-47 as the airplane headed for a crash landing in Normandy at about 1:30 a.m., several hours before the Allied coastal assault of June 6 ...
Joe Vaghi's top secret map of Omaha Beach survived the stormy trip across the English Channel that day. It was stuffed in a pocket of his overalls as he hurried across the Normandy tidal flats under ...
Whether flying through a German bomber formation with a British Spitfire, or looking out over the D-Day invasion fleet, D-Day: Normandy 1944 in 3-D is riveting. I made the trip Saturday down to the ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jun 6, 2020 Jun 6, 2020 0 On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day" as they began the ...