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D-Day in 9 maps
Newsweek· 2 hours agoShortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and tanks in history was launched. Its aim was to liberate...
A Deadly Ambush, a Giant Manhunt and 3 Weeks With No Arrest
New York Times· 9 hours agoThe aftermath of a brazen attack on a prison convoy has raised uncomfortable questions for France’s...
Teen phenom Mirra Andreeva gears up for the biggest match of her career
ESPN· 18 hours agoFor a brief moment in the early hours on Friday morning, Mirra Andreeva looked her age. The...
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead
Associated Press via AOL· 9 hours agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to...
D-Day’s Forgotten Victims Speak Out | Ed Vulliamy
New York Review of Books· 6 days agoAt lunchtime in the small Normandy town of Évrecy, men gather in the tabac-café-bar to wager on the next harness race through the PMU betting network. Up...
The perfect holiday in Normandy
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoThere are two specific reasons for visiting Normandy this year. Second, it is 150 years since the impressionists – Monet, Dégas, Renoir, Pissarro and the...
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Idaho State Journal· 3 hours agoA gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued ...
On This Day, May 30: Congress establishes Everglades National Park
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFile Photo by Michael Bush/UPI On this date in history: In 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake...
Why these women are the only ones to receive this high WWII honor
FOX 8 Cleveland· 7 days agoMary Bankston, Mary Barlow, Dolores Brown and Elizabeth Richardson are the only women to be buried...
Today in History: May 30, Joan of Arc burned at the stake - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 6 days agoIn 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France. In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony attended ...
