The quiet beaches and rural villages of Normandy, France, exploded with fire and fury in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. D-Day. The climactic battle of World War II. The United States and its ...

June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy—the day in 1944 when allied forces from 13 countries stormed five beaches in Normandy, France, marking the beginning of the end of World War ...

World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, Sunday, June 6, 2021, the day of 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (David ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American ...

CHICAGO -- Vietnam veteran Jerome Weatherspoon has a special hobby. Weatherspoon, a 67-year-old retiree, reconstructed the battle scene of the Invasion of Normandy, complete with replica war planes ...

KINGSVILLE, Texas — According to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, more than 200 World War II veterans die per day, and soon there won't be any left. They're called 'The Greatest Generation' for a reason ...

Along the base of the Normandy peninsula the fighting grew in violence. British troops around Caen smashed a series of desperate German counterattacks and ground ahead slowly. To the west, U.S. troops ...

This article, "A Veteran's Account," appeared originally in the February 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - Battle of Normandy IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy brings the air war surrounding the successful Allied invasion ...

For Bill Farish, it was three wins rolled into one. It was a highly satisfying trifecta that started when Battle of Normandy surged to a 2 1/4-length victory in the Aug. 6 opening race at Saratoga ...