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D-Day at 80: Honoring the WWII heroes of the Normandy Invasion | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 2 days agoOn June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest military invasion in history, a nearly...
What Ike Remembered When Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 20 Years After D-Day
Military.com· 1 day agoEisenhower, who had just given the go order for the D-Day landings after one last bout of wrangling...
Opinion | ‘Almost terrifying to contemplate’: Why D-Day nearly didn’t happen
Washington Post· 22 hours agoGarrett M. Graff is a historian and the author, most recently, of “When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral...
Eisenhower statue unveiled at one of first villages liberated by Allied troops in France
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoSAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE, France — American military leaders past and present were on hand Monday to...
McDonald’s facts draw attention to its problems: Chart of the Week
AOL· 4 days agoMcDonald’s found itself in the spotlight this week as a casualty of its own prices when news of a (real) $18 Big Mac meal sent social media into overdrive, the high price for a reputed low-cost fast food chain blowing minds.
New York's WWI chaplains featured in new national exhibit
Albany Times Union· 4 days agoThe more than 2,000 chaplains who served all the faiths in the American Expeditionary Forces during...
D-Day, 80 years later: In Kansas, a strong historic connection to the invasion
KMBC-TV Kansas City· 8 hours agoThe battle — known as D-Day — was the push that eventually led to an Allied victory in Europe. Historians believe the world would be a much different place today if Allied forces were not victorious ...
D-Day’s lessons remain relevant for Fort Leavenworth Command and General Staff College
KSHB-TV Kansas City· 6 hours agoIt’s been 80 years since D-Day turned the tide of World War II against Nazi Germany, but the lessons from that day remain relevant for military operations as we learned during a D-Day commemoration ...
Military Book Review To Do the Work of Men: An Operational History of the 21st Division in the Great...
Strategy Page· 5 days agoThe first-ever history of the 21st Division, this book examines the combat development of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in 1915-18 ...
Local D-Day vet returning to Normandy for invasion’s 80th anniversary. ‘I’ve never forgotten what...
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoDeath loomed all around the young U.S. Navy sailor as his ship approached the shores of...