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D-Day: What happened during the landings of 1944?
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoTroops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of northern France, on 6 June 1944. It was the largest military naval...
Remembering D-Day: Facts, figures, timeline of the battle that changed the course of WWII
Dallas Morning News· 14 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
Biden In France To Mark D-Day Anniversary Under Ukraine Shadow
International Business Times· 1 hour agoUS President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a state visit to France marking 80 years since the World...
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 5 hours agoOne by one, the men fished fragrant, brightly-colored spheres from their pockets and deposited them...
Last World War II vets converge on Normandy for D-Day
Politico via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago“Overwhelming,” he recalled. Although his bombing mission that day proved to be among the “easiest”...
Mystery knitter adorns Bridgnorth postbox for D-Day anniversary
BBC News· 4 hours agoA mystery knitter has adorned a postbox in a Shropshire town centre in honour of the 80th...
French Navy lands at Omaha Beach during D-Day anniversary event
The Independent via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoD-Day, an invasion of Nazi-occupied France, was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the...
Wallasey D-Day veteran returns to Normandy to celebrate 80 years of freedom
BBC News· 1 day agoThe famous D-Day landings, also known as Operation Overlord, on 6 June 1944 saw 156,000 Allied...
France seeks to save Nazi massacre village from decay
The Raw Story· 6 days agoA French village preserved as a reminder of Nazi cruelty since Waffen-SS troops murdered 643 people...