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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· 5 hours agoFor producer Darryl F. Zanuck, The Longest Day was a matter of victory or defeat. “Either I will go...
D-Day soldiers who landed in gliders remembered for their daring escapades
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoShortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, six Horsa gliders landed in occupied France to capture two...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day, remembrance of Williamsburg-area soldiers who went ashore
Daily Press· 9 hours agoEighty years ago, rumors of an Allied invasion of France during World War II had been spreading...
In honor of D-Day: 5 actors who were there 80 years ago
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSeveral top stars put their careers on hold and their lives on the line to serve during World War II...
D-Day veteran recalls landing 'in flying coffin'
BBC via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThe first wave, led by Major John Howard, secured what became known as Pegasus Bridge. Mr Arthur says he was part of the second wave, landing near...
'I thought, my God, they're ready for us. They know we've arrived' – How WW2's D-Day began with a...
BBC News· 3 days agoD-Day was a marvel of planning; it involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands of Allied...
How East troops fought and died on D-Day
BBC News· 17 hours agoBuckinghamshire men were among the first troops to set foot on Nazi-occupied French soil when the D-Day attacks began 80 years ago during World War Two....
Daughter pays tribute to father at Pegasus Bridge
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMargaret Brotheridge, who never knew her father, laid wreaths and flowers at the memorial site for the fallen Allied soldiers, alongside the family of...
How Property Billionaire Harry Triguboff Left His Rivals In The Shade
Forbes· 3 days agoFluid had built up around the heart of the 91-year-old founder of Australia’s largest developer,...
Hawkins, Dell among 10 honored at Austin Tech Hall of Fame, First Time Founder ceremony
Austin American-Statesman· 1 day agoDr. John Sibley Butler, professor emeritus at the McCombs School of Business, accepts his award from...