ARLINGTON, Va. — On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. According to the U.S.

ITS TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY BROUGHT TO BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM. ON THIS DAY IN 1944, SIR TRAFFORD LEIGH-MALLORY WAS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH IN THE FRENCH ALPS. LEIGH-MALLORY WAS THE ...

This is episode 4 in the story of Ed McNeff and his incredible journey as a P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt pilot in the ...

It has been 81 years since young American soldiers risked and in many cases lost their lives during the D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy. New Hampshire had many direct connections to that day ...

*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 ...

Before success came fear. This video uncovers why Allied leaders doubted the Normandy invasion would work — from ...

Pfc. Nicholas Hartman, killed on Omaha Beach in 1944, was identified through DNA analysis and honored with a hero's burial at ...

In his diary, Lam wrote of a narrow brush with death on D-Day aboard HMS Ramillies, as the battleship’s mighty guns were pounding German fortifications with massive 880-kilogram (1,938-pound) shells ...

WWII veteran Jake Larson has died at 102. Here, Larson meets youths during ceremonies commemorating the 81st anniversary of D-Day on June 6 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. (Thomas Padilla/AP) PARIS — ...

June 6th, 2025, the anniversary of D-Day June 6, 1944. D-day was the invasion of the beaches of Normandy in northern France by troops from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other ...