Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing more ...

All those high-bluff beaches, hedge-hemmed fields and poplar-lined rural roads still exist, waiting to be explored. Thus it was that I found myself in the French village Sainte-Mere-Eglise this ...

Allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 in what became known as D-Day. ... See historical photos from 1944 invasion of Normandy beaches. Gabe Hauari.

Historic photos illustrate the D-Day landings, which happened 81 years ago Friday. A reenactment in Conneaut, Ohio, happens later this summer.

Food-Drink Normandy family serves farmhouse cider, plus D-Day history, from medieval castle at Omaha Beach Bernard Lebrec distillery caught in the crossfire of epic invasion, now a treasure of ...

Eighty years after D-Day, BYU geologists uncover lingering WWII shrapnel on Normandy beaches to study how history still shapes the coastline today. BYU geology professor Sam Hudson and a team of ...

The Normandy landings on D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- began the end to World War II. The weather forecast was grim over the English Channel. American General Dwight Eisenhower was in his makeshift office ...

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 ...