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Recreating a jump into Normandy D-Day zone 80 years later, British paratroopers face French customs
ABC 26 New Orleans· 55 minutes agoSANNERVILLE, France (AP) — There was a contemporary twist for British paratroopers, who parachuted into the historic D-Day drop zone in Normandy to recreate the airborne part of the battle to wrest…
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
Army Times via Yahoo News· 55 minutes agoAs the Allied campaign pushed across northern Africa and into Italy, the Rangers found themselves...
King Charles III honors a generation that fought, died and waited for freedom
ABC News· 6 hours agoIt is a generation that sacrificed and fought and died and waited through five long years of war,...
3 unsung World War II woman spies who helped make D-Day an Allied victory
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoRead more: Here's how the Allies began to reclaim Europe from the Nazis The Nazis arrested Borrel in...
EU elections underway as center-left battles to contain tide of right-wing populism
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoVoters were heading to the polls in 27 European Union-member countries Thursday for elections to the...
How many Iowans died in D-Day? Here's what you should know about the historic WWII battle
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThe hard-fought battle began to pay off by August 1944 when all of northern France was liberated. By...
Europe Central Bank jumps ahead of the Fed in lowering rates. But future cuts may be limited
WFTV 9 Orlando· 3 hours agoFRANKFURT, Germany — (AP) — The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate Thursday by a...
Biden, Macron stress peace, unity at 80th D-Day anniversary in Normandy
Courthouse News Service· 1 hour agoOn June 6, 1944 — 80 years ago to the day — the Allied forces stormed Normandy’s coast in a battle...
How the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day
Army Times via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe liberation of Europe hung in the balance. As the regiment’s members sat down to a steak dinner...
Biden’s D-Day visit may mark the end of an American era | CNN Politics
CNN.com· 3 hours agoThis year’s memorial ceremony represents far more than a poignant farewell to surviving comrades of...