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D-Day: What happened during the Normandy landings of 1944?
BBC via AOL· 54 minutes agoWhat was D-Day and why was it called that? Troops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France attacked ...
'The Americans are landing': A grandmother's 80-year-old diary documents opening of D-Day
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 13 minutes agoThe English translation: “The Americans are landing in France.” The wife of a French farmer held...
A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 minutes agoWhat is D-Day? When did it happen? It would be more than four years into World War II – Germany's...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoWorld War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to...
Hour by hour: A brief timeline of the Allies' June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 hours agoJune 6, 1944, began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normany, followed by...
Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and...
D-Day veteran recalls landing 'in flying coffin'
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoMr Arthur, 100, was part of the 6th Airborne Division on D-Day [Jo Makel/BBC] Troops from the UK, the US, Canada and France attacked German forces on the...
D-Day at Omaha Beach taught Carl Felton, now 98, that life and democracy are fragile
Chambersburg Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoNavy tasked with using Morse code, lights and flags to direct boats through the English Channel...
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
Chicago Tribune· 9 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy’s 20,000 civilian dead
The Mining Journal· 2 hours agoMen of an airborne unit use a German half-track motorcycle to carry their ammunition and supplies in...