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D-Day anniversary marked by dwindling number of veterans
Military Times via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoBut the real VIPs of the commemorations across the Normandy coast were the veterans who took part in...
D-Day in 9 maps
Newsweek· 2 days agoShortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and tanks in history was launched. Its aim was to liberate ...
At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’
Roanoke Times· 3 days agoAndrew “Andy” Negra Jr. of Helen, Georgia, is one of a dwindling number of veterans who took part in...
Why D-Day was even more spectacular than remembered
NY Post via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJune 6 marks 80 years since Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of Operation Overlord, the campaign to defeat the Nazis and...
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 4 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves...
Barred from combat, women working as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains helped D-Day succeed
WKBT La Crosse· 5 days agoWhat did you do in the war, Granny? For British women who came of age during World War II, the...
What Does George Orwell's '1984' Mean in 2024?
Smithsonian Magazine· 14 hours agoIn recent years, some conservative American groups have adopted the slogan “Make Orwell fiction again,” a line that suggests the dystopian depictions of...
The D-Day weather forecast that changed World War Two
BBC News· 2 days agoAs a weather forecaster I'm acutely aware of the responsibility in guiding those decisions every...
The Latest | D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
WATE 6 Knoxville· 16 hours agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the...
Eighty years ago, D-Day news 'caught everyone napping' in Lewiston
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 5—LEWISTON — There wasn't anything exceptional in Lewiston on June 6, 1944, a sunny Tuesday. That Monday was a warm, sunny one in Lewiston, with the normal array of local activities. Firefighters ...
