Today marks the anniversary of one of the most significant military operations in modern history: the D-Day Normandy landings of June 6, 1944. This pivotal event marked the beginning of the Allied ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, became the largest amphibious military assault the world had ever seen.

OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American ...

This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Frank Walk was in a hurry. The U.S. Army captain had been ordered to bring top-secret planning ...

PARIS, June 3 (Reuters) - American, British, Canadian and French leaders will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday. Here are some facts about the Allies' D-Day landings in Normandy on ...

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D ...