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A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 79th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoD-Day, the largest land, sea, and air invasion ever attempted, happened on June 6, 1944 – 79 years...
What was the code name for D-Day? Here's what to know about invasion
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe anniversary of World War II's D-Day is June 6, commemorating the largest invasion by air, land and sea in history. More than 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and 150,000 soldiers from the United ...
How many Iowans died in D-Day? Here's what you should know about the historic WWII battle
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAmerica and much of the world are remembering the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The day...
Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II
WFLA via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about epochal World War II invasion
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and...
D-Day at 80: This Delaware man led a platoon in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThis is the true story of a Delaware native who took part in what historian Stephen Ambrose called...
D-Day: the biggest seaborne invasion in history
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoEarly on the morning of June 5 1944, General Dwight D Eisenhower, the supreme allied commander in Europe, finally gave the order to go ahead, telling his...
Portsmouth chosen to mark D-Day because of its key role in preparing invasion
Press Association News via AOL· 2 weeks agoPortsmouth played a key role in the planning and preparation of the D-Day landings, which is...
Florida WWII veterans return to Normandy for D-Day 80th anniversary: What to know
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIt's been a lifetime, literally, since the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France in 1944....
Illinois veterans recount memories of D-Day Invasion
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJune will mark a milestone in world history. On June 6, 1944, allied forces in World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. The code name was...