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Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II
San Francisco Chronicle· 57 minutes agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and...
D-Day training pillbox converted into home for bats
BBC via Yahoo News· 24 minutes agoBrown long-eared bats, which have ears nearly as long as their bodies when in flight, are currently roosting in the pillbox [National Trust] A...
In pictures: 80th anniversary of D-Day
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoEvents to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day are taking place in France and the UK on Thursday. Commemorations began on Wednesday, which saw the King...
The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary
The News-Times· 36 minutes agoAs the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it’s rising again over Normandy beaches where soldiers...
Flynn: D-Day reflections on America's youth then & now
Boston Herald· 38 minutes agoIt shows American soldiers – kids, really – wading toward a hostile beach on a momentous mission....
'The eyes of the world are upon you': Eisenhower's D-Day order inspires 80 years later
USA Today· 1 hour agoIn addition to overseeing plans for the D-Day invasion, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower also spent months...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 26 minutes agoWorld War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to...
D-Day remembered through the years
The Marietta Times· 54 minutes agoWilson served in the U.S. Navy during the huge military operation, carrying British troops to land in an amphibious craft on Gold Beach on the Normandy...
DAVID SHRIBMAN: But for Mrs. Sweeney, D-Day might have stood for 'disaster'
Goshen News· 47 minutes agoNow, as we approach the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe...
D-Day at 80
New York Times· 1 hour agoThis anniversary of World War II’s pivotal battle has a somber tone, as the event disappears from living memory and extremism again threatens Europe....
