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Why D-Day was even more spectacular than remembered
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJune 6 marks 80 years since Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of Operation Overlord, the campaign to defeat the Nazis and...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoArmy’s culture and evolution in the decades since. Ranger rebirth The idea for the U.S. Army Rangers...
The White House Situation Room Got a Much-Needed Makeover: See the Before and After Photos
People via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOne of the most important rooms in the world — where presidents dealt with the Cuban Missile Crisis,...
Pilot dies in World War II-era Spitfire fighter crash in England
Air Force Times· 7 days agoLONDON—A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern...
On This Day in History - June 2nd - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 2 days agoOn June 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law, extending...
Real Madrid's iconic white kit - and the facts and fiction of its origin story
New York Times· 4 days agoReal Madrid’s all-white outfit is what gives them their ‘Los Blancos’ nickname and explains why they...
On this day in history, June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at London's Westminster Abbey
AOL· 2 days agoOn this day in history, June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony full of royal traditions. More than 1,000 guests, dignitaries ...
Former Met commissioner John Stevens: ‘The Gaza protests have provoked a distrust of the Jews in...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen John Stevens stepped down as the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2005, he was hailed...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoRanger tradition, I’ve traced this martial phenomenon from the colonial period to the 21st century. The idea for the U.S. Army Rangers was inspired by British Prime
Local scholars weigh in on the 80th anniversary of D-Day
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 2 days agoIn the coming days, people around the world will come together in honor and remembrance of Operation...