“You are about to embark on the great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.” So began General Dwight Eisenhower’s June 6, 1944, D-Day message to ...

Tuesday marks the 79th anniversary of the historic D-Day operation. In the midst of World War II on June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France. More than ...

D-Day, the invasion of German-held western Europe by the Allies – primarily the U.S., Great Britain and Canada – happened on June 6, 1944. The plan, code named Operation Overlord, had been in the ...

80 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, the infamous invasion of the Allied forces into France, known as D-Day, occurred. What many people don’t realize is how crucial the weather forecast was in order ...

On June 6, 1944, after nearly five years of a global war, the invasion of Europe began behind the largest landing force the world had ever seen. The invasion, which became known as D-Day, began as ...

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler's forces couldn't help but notice the hungry French boy by the side ...