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On This Day, June 6: Allies invade Nazi-occupied Europe on D-Day
UPI· 1 day agoOn June 6, 1944, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops began crossing the English Channel in the...
A figure who worked in the shadows on D-Day awarded France's highest honor
U-T San Diego· 17 hours agoEighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny, French President Emmanuel Macron kissed her on both cheeks and pinned the nation’s highest honor ...
The American fascism debate gets a reboot
CNN via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoPerspectives on Fascism and America,” which includes the writingof Paxton, among many others. “That model of historical comparison where we look to what...
The poem that launched D-Day for the French Resistance
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoAnd when they alerted other units that were overwhelmed by the frequent false alarms of the...
Gen. Montgomery wrote his entire D-Day invasion battle plan on a single piece of paper — here it is
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoAllied war planners prepared for months, drafting many plans for the spearhead into German-occupied ...
D-Day quiz: 8 questions on the 80th anniversary
Newsweek· 1 day agoJune 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the Allied attack in World War II that began the liberation of Nazi-occupied ...
Cotswolds town played 'top secret' role in D-Day
BBC via AOL· 1 day agoD-Day was the largest military naval, air and land operation ever attempted, and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west &...
Macron presents Légion d’honneur to 104-year-old Wren officer who plotted D-Day landings
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoTerrace, Whitehall, to work on a top secret operation under the Command of Rear Admiral HE Horan....
At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’
Rapid City Journal· 3 days agoAndrew “Andy” Negra Jr. of Helen, Georgia, is one of a dwindling number of veterans who took part in...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the...
