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Biden in France to mark D-Day anniversary under Ukraine shadow
Digital Journal· 3 hours agoUS President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a state visit to France marking 80 years since the World...
Remembering D-Day: Facts, figures, timeline of the battle that changed the course of WWII
Dallas Morning News· 16 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
D-Day: What happened during the landings of 1944?
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 hours 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...
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead
Associated Press· 7 hours agoOne by one, the men fished fragrant, brightly-colored spheres from their pockets and deposited them...
The D-Day Battle France Chose to Forget. Until Now.
New York Times· 3 hours agoAmong them were French army commandos parachuted in to block the Nazis from sending reinforcements to the beaches. It’s a wound of tragic heroism that...
Prince William Unites with King Charles and Queen Camilla for D-Day 80th Anniversary Event
People via Yahoo News· 25 minutes agoOn June 6, 1944, about 7,000 ships and landing craft, 156,000 men and 10,000 vehicles attacked...
Last World War II vets converge on Normandy for D-Day
Politico via Yahoo News· 13 hours ago“Overwhelming,” he recalled. Although his bombing mission that day proved to be among the “easiest”...
D-Day was 80 years ago. Tennessee football stopped for a war. Four players never returned.
Gannett via AOL· 3 hours agoOnce upon a time, a world war cleared out locker rooms. This week is the 80th anniversary of D-Day,...
With most of Iowa's D-Day veterans gone, their bravery and sacrifice are still remembered
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 33 minutes ago"If the U.S. never opens that second front, or if it is not successful, there's a chance that Stalin...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry's heroism helped bring victory on D-Day:...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 2 hours agoOmaha would become the most deadly of the five D-Day landing beaches, as the United States, United...