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What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II | CNN
CNN.com· 10 hours agoJune 6, 2024 marks 80 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the...
How filming Saving Private Ryan shook an Irish beach
BBC via Yahoo News· 59 minutes agoIn 1997, the usually peaceful Curracloe Beach in County Wexford was transformed into a scene of bloodshed and horror as Steven Spielberg recreated D-Day...
Last World War II vets converge on Normandy for D-Day
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoVeterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last...
What D-Day meant and U-Day could mean for America
Stars and Stripes· 17 hours agoAs we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day in World War II by which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy — June 6, 1944 — marking the beginning...
B.C. D-Day vet dies on the eve of his return to Normandy
Houston Today· 1 hour agoBill Cameron was looking forward to this week for a long time. The Second World War veteran was...
Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day landings
La Crosse Tribune· 3 hours agoEven as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by...
Normandy family serves farmhouse cider, plus D-Day history, from medieval castle at Omaha Beach
Fox News· 14 hours agoThe Bernard Lebrec family farmhouse distillery sits between D-Day battle sites Omaha Beach and...
D-Day's 80th anniversary is June 6: What to know about the World War II invasion
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLess than a year after D-Day on May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally. What does D-Day ...
How D-Day’s roots will play a crucial role in Trump-Biden battle in 2024 election
USA Today· 15 hours agoD-Day did more than pave the way for World War II victory in Europe: It solidified the international...
On D-Day’s 80th anniversary, volunteers knit for victory with ‘The Longest Yarn’
The Christian Science Monitor· 8 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, Harry Kulkowitz had just pushed out onto Utah Beach with the 114th Signal Battalion...