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‘An excessive amount of slaughter’: What The Longest Day got right – and wrong – about D-Day
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFor producer Darryl F. Zanuck, The Longest Day was a matter of victory or defeat. “Either I will go...
WW2 veterans return to Normandy for D-Day's 80th anniversary
KNBN Rapid City· 15 hours agoThe Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the...
Secret WW2 unit's links to Wales celebrated
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIts members were almost entirely Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria whose native language skills meant they could question German soldiers ...
Biden summons the legacy of WW2 heroes to call on Americans to protect democracy today
CNN.com· 2 days agoSpeaking from a concrete bunker where the US troops sought to dismantle German artillery, Biden said...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Veterans fight back tears in Auld Lang Syne singalong
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt was only after the 15 D-Day veterans had made it safely on to a square overlooking the shores of...
Losing an arm in WW2 may have saved Ralph Wehlitz's life. Now he's turning 100
Wausau Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"And he said, 'Well, we had to remove your hand, your arm.'" The doctor went on to explain that the...
Watch: French soldiers hold D-Day re-enactment as 80th anniversary nears
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFrench soldiers participated in a re-enactment of the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach on Tuesday, as...
Black medic honored for D-Day heroism | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 5 days agoWaverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day...
Merrill Resident & WW2 Veteran Ralph Wehlitz Celebrates 100th Birthday
WSAU Wausau· 2 days agoMERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Ralph Wehlitz, a World War II veteran known for many things around Merrill, includin...
D-Day shipwrecks were a WW2 time capsule – now they are home to rich ocean-floor life
BBC News· 4 days agoAmong the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks that line our coasts, burgeoning wildlife is thriving on...
