Storming the BeachesFollowing months of top secret planning, U.S. Army troops wade ashore from a landing craft to Omaha Beach, Normandy ... to keep German forces dispersed. The tactical deceptions ...

The turning point of WW2 in the ETO was the decisive battle in Normandy. Following Operation Overlord and the invasion of ...

After the fierce battles in the Falaise Pocket in August 1944, the remaining German Army units in Normandy were in full blown retreat for the relative safety of the eastern bank of the River Seine.

and a look at the role of German flak units, among other things. The absence of an index, and a map or two, is to be regretted, but Normandy, 1944 is a valuable reference for anyone seriously ...

annotated map fell out of a pair of trousers which had belonged to a U.S. serviceman. It featured a spot marked "area of high resistance," and Mr Sterne decided to visit Normandy and examine the ...

(Photo by SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images) STUTTGART, Germany – After several years of planning, the French and German air forces have formally launched a binational tactical air transport ...

He returned this year to prove that he could do it. Normandy is a lot closer to Germany than a trip to the U.S., and it wasn’t until Buddensiek was grinding on that sacred beach that the history ...

Nearly one million aerial photographs of the shores of Normandy were studied to find the best landing sites for the invasion and establish a western front against Nazi Germany. The sand deposited ...