On this day, Operation Overlord began as Allied forces lined up against the Axis powers and began an invasion of Normandy, France. When the Allies needed to pick an appropriate landing site ...

On Thursday, June 6, the world marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the day when the Allied forces launched a massive amphibious invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France, during World War II.

There are no showtimes for this date. June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through ...

What if the enemy forces were far stronger than expected ... The weaker the defences in Normandy, the fewer Allied losses that there would be. And the further away German reinforcements were ...

In the ensuing Battle of Normandy, 73,000 Allied forces were killed and 153,000 were wounded. "It's very sad. Tears flowed down my eyes because they gave their life to make changes," Gilmore said.

Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany ...

The plaque honoring Paddy the pigeon reads: "During World War II, pigeons were used by the forces ... in Normandy at around 8:15am on June 12th, carrying coded information on the Allied advance.

In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter ...