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On this day in history, June 6, 1944, US and Allies invade Normandy in greatest military invasion
Fox News via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe D-Day operation, on this day in history, June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious invasion in...
A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoOperation Overlord involved more than 11,000 planes and more than 5,000 ships and landing craft,...
Lone Star Flight Museum commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day | Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media· 48 minutes agoData from the National WWII Museum shows less than 6,000 are still alive as of 2023. The Lone Star...
The 4 most dangerous missions American troops carried out 80 years ago on D-Day
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoNazi artillery fire sprayed at the naval bombardment. Landing crafts sank. Those who made it to the...
From 'Saving Private Ryan' to 'The Longest Day,' D-Day films to watch on 80th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 22 hours ago"The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel...
Hastings Museum to look back at war efforts during 80th anniversary of D-Day
KSNB· 5 hours agoThe Hastings Museum will celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a series of events that will...
‘We have so many amazing veterans in the city:’ Veterans museum launches in Jacksonville
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 5 hours agoJacksonville will soon learn the stories of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country....
A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBut when the soldiers in the surviving five landing craft arrived on the beach at 6:36 a.m., they...
D-Day 80th anniversary: What is D-Day and what happened on June 6, 1944?
WSB Radio· 1 day agoOn June 6, 1944, after nearly five years of a global war, the invasion of Europe began behind the...
Wisconsin soldiers' D-Day stories preserved in Veterans Museum exhibit
Wisconsin State Journal· 11 hours agoForty-six men from Wisconsin died in France on June 6, 1944, while many others returned home. Some...