Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the ...

About a month before the Allied invasion of a 50-mile stretch of beaches in Normandy, France, Leonard Zerlin, then a 20-year-old B-26 turret gunner in the U.S. Army Air Corps, had a sense ...

2024 4:01 a.m. Warren Goss watched as soldiers in front of him dropped — struck down by enemy fire — after the ramp of his Higgins boat lowered near Utah Beach in Normandy, France. Goss ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were ... Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour ...

Ideally located on the Seine, Rouen became one of France's greatest ports. When the Vikings settled and became Normans in the 10th century, Rouen became ... from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was ...

One of the most important days in military history, June 6, 1944, will undoubtedly live in infamy. On this day, Operation ...

On June 6, 1944, under twinkling dawn skies, Allied forces dared the English Channel and stormed Normandy Beach — determined ...