The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II. Start Over Share Slideshow Published on ...

A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials ...

operates as the in-between for amphibious class LPDs. Their ships are capable of carry supplies, troops, cargo, equipment or ...

China's construction of barges that appear tailor made for amphibious landings has raised ... situation to preparations made before the "D-Day" landings in June 1944. Newsweek reached out to ...

Now, satellite photos have revealed the construction of a new fleet of D-Day-style landing barges needed ... barges which appear tailor made for amphibious assault. The barges may provide the ...

D-Day: Huge invasion of Europe described by ... Canadian and Free French airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast ...

DUKW (or ‘Duck’) amphibious truck, outfitted with an extension ladder to scale cliffs in northern France and then rain down suppressive fire on the German defenders.

Like the rest of the D-Day force, the Rangers prepared for ... spent weeks practicing amphibious landings along the English coastline, and scaled the towering seaside cliffs near Swanage more ...

More than 800 tank landing craft took ... importance to the history of D-Day, and Operation Neptune, that vastly complex plan to mount the largest amphibious operation the world has ever seen." ...

On the controversial and risky nature of the D-Day landings ... The Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944 were among the most desperate undertakings in the history of war. Amphibious ...