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 ...

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 ...

FILE - U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Carentan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944. The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day is a mixed bag of ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — 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 ...

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for the ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their eyes, tears from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American men were cut down 80 years ...

Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety.

In just one minute, we use Google Earth to map out the Battle of Normandy, from the D-Day landings to the hard-fought push inland. This rapid visual journey captures the scale, strategy, and ...

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 ...

US soldiers assist American WWII veteran Fred Taylor during a ceremony on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in ...