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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...
Daughter pays tribute to father at Pegasus Bridge
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoMargaret Brotheridge, who never knew her father, laid wreaths and flowers at the memorial site for the fallen Allied soldiers, alongside the family of...
'I thought, my God, they're ready for us. They know we've arrived' – How WW2's D-Day began with a...
BBC News· 6 days agoD-Day was a marvel of planning; it involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands of Allied...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day, remembrance of Williamsburg-area soldiers who went ashore
Daily Press· 3 days agoEighty years ago, rumors of an Allied invasion of France during World War II had been spreading...
The ‘journalistic blackface’ book is one epic troll
theGrio· 6 days agoAs a public service to my reading audience, I took it upon myself to download Sam Forster’s “Seven Shoulders” on Kindle Unlimited so y’all didn’t have...
Detroit family urges special attention to mental health after double fatal shooting
WXYZ-TV Detroit· 2 days agoA Detroit family preparing to bury two loved ones because of gun violence is urging people to take...
In honor of D-Day: 5 actors who were there 80 years ago
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSeveral top stars put their careers on hold and their lives on the line to serve during World War II...
D-Day soldiers who landed in gliders remembered for their daring escapades
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoShortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, six Horsa gliders landed in occupied France to capture two...
How Property Billionaire Harry Triguboff Left His Rivals In The Shade
Forbes· 6 days agoFluid had built up around the heart of the 91-year-old founder of Australia’s largest developer,...
With Maybelline Mocha and an Afro wig, white author explores 'Blackness' in a new book
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 2 days agoSam Forster expected some pushback online when he announced his latest book, Seven Shoulders: Taxonomizing Racism in Modern America. Detailed accounts of America’s racial divide are nothing ...