Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

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 ...

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 ...

Over three million service personnel were involved and it all hinged on the success of the Normandy Landings on D-Day. If the German troops were able to prevent the initial landings, the campaign ...

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.

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 ...