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D-Day 80th anniversary: Veterans fight back tears in Auld Lang Syne singalong
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIt was only after the 15 D-Day veterans had made it safely on to a square overlooking the shores of...
A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThe U.S. landing at Omaha Beach, where the fiercest fighting was seen, was affected by winds and...
‘What they left behind’: Ernie Pyle recalls the carnage of Omaha Beach
Military Times via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWe can feel the magnitude of devastation — and witness the quiet heartbreak of many thousands of...
3 lessons of D-Day the world can’t afford to forget
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThat is a recipe for the triumph of evil. It mattered that the Nazi regime was completely demolished. Sometimes only such a clear defeat, unlike muddied...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the...
The oldest man at D-Day earned the Medal of Honor
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoLanding at D-Day required insane bravery. Soldiers knew long before the day that naval artillery would be screaming past them as they waded through...
D-Day's last living links recount brutal, and inspiring, memories on Normandy’s beaches
NBC News via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago“I felt like a kid again; it made me feel like a young boy,” Reitmeier, a former sergeant, said, his...
‘An excessive amount of slaughter’: What The Longest Day got right – and wrong – about D-Day
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 hours ago“Either I will go broke, or make the greatest picture ever,” he said. It would prove victorious: it...
Macron says France will provide Ukraine with its Mirage combat aircraft
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoOvernight, Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and a fuel depot in Russian border regions,...
How Saving Private Ryan's D-Day sequence changed the way we see war
BBC News· 11 hours agoToday marks 80 years since the momentous World War Two Allied operation – and back in 1998, Steven...