It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. D-Day marked the turning point for the Allies in WWII, and it couldn't have ...

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western ...

A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself, including 2,501 Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded. In the ensuing Battle of Normandy, 73,000 Allied forces were killed and 153,000 ...

But on D-Day it was one of the first ships of the British and Allied invasion force that unleashed fury on the forces of Nazi Germany that lay just across the Channel. If the invasion was ...

The German airforce, the Luftwaffe, was outnumbered 30:1 on D-day and didn’t shoot down a single allied plane in air to air combat. The most exotic German prisoner captured by the allies in ...

June 6: D-Day. Over 160,000 Allied troops and 30,000 vehicles are landed along a 50-mile stretch of fortified French coastline and begin fighting on the beaches of Normandy. July: The Allies take ...

However, this structure created significant delays in the decision-making process, especially during fast-moving and fluid battlefield situations like D-Day. When the Allied invasion began ...

addressing Allied troops before the Normandy landing Eighty Native American delegates have traveled to France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious ...

For two young researchers, Lam Ping-yu’s WWII documents reveal Hong Kong’s historical role and the importance of curiosity ...

One week after the Allied victory on D-Day, de Gaulle returned to French soil, and triumphantly accompanied Allied troops as they liberated Paris on August 25, 1944. Perhaps the most notorious ...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy ... Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D brings this monumental event to the world's ...

Although there were heavy Allied casualties ... is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile stretch of sand and pop by a number of museums, memorials ...