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WWII vet to wed near Normandy beach 80 years after D-Day
WJW via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“He was introducing me to the whole world, ‘I want you to meet my girl, my sweetheart,' and I didn’t...
Photos from D-Day give glimpse into historic World War II invasion 79 years ago
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTuesday is the 79th anniversary of the D-Day operation, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of...
This panzer counterattack actually reached Normandy beaches
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTank on Utah Beach. (Photo by Zöllner/ullstein bild via Getty Images) The Germans on the beaches of...
D-Day by the numbers: Here's what it took 79 years ago to pull off the biggest amphibious invasion...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUS Troops wading through water after reaching Normandy and landing Omaha beach on D Day,...
World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day anniversary
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoON UTAH BEACH, France — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as...
7 weapons Germany defended D-Day beaches with
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGun emplacement, part of artillery complex situated near Longues-sur-Mer between Gold and Omaha beaches, Normandy, built shortly before the Allied...
D-Day: The weather forecast that liberated a continent
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAerial view taken 06 June 1944 of the Allied Naval forces engaged in the Overlord operation of...
The D-Day beaches in France and the Caen Peace Memorial Museum honor America’s heroes
The Stockton Record via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFrance is a country riven by war for centuries. Invasions by Vikings, Normans, the English and...
The last of the Free French Commandos who landed at Normandy on D-Day dies at 100
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agofree french commandos On June 6, 1944, 177 members of Commando Kieffer landed on the Normandy shore...
World War II vets return to Normandy to commemorate D-Day 79 years ago
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoD-Day veterans are nearing age 100 now, but they remember the Allied onslaught at Normandy as if it were yesterday. It’s been 79 years since that fateful day of June 6, 1944, when 150,000 Allied ...