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D-Day: What happened during the Normandy landings of 1944?
BBC via AOL· 27 minutes agoWhat was D-Day and why was it called that? Troops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France attacked ...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWorld War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
Chicago Tribune· 8 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
In photos: The last WWII veterans mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day
Washington Post· 2 hours agoThese are no ordinary beaches. Eighty years after a massive invasion force landed here, beginning the liberation of German-occupied France, an unmistakable solemnity lingers ...
'They gave us our freedom' - Veterans celebrated in Normandy
BBC via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoMusic from the 1940s drifts through village squares, while country lanes roar with...
Best D-Day movies and where to stream them
The Hill via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoD-Day will be celebrated June 6, marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 invasion of Normandy. The land, air and sea forces of the Allied armies in...