June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet ... Audiences of all ages will discover from a new perspective how this landing changed the world. Exploring ...

4th June 1944 bound for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy). Most of them fought across the German beachfront defenses, supported by nearly 7,000 naval vessels and 11,000 Allied aircraft.

Discover the untold story of D-Day's unsung hero: the Mulberry Harbours. Explore how ingenuity and engineering brilliance ...

The 172.5 acre cemetery near Omaha Beach is one of the most-visited D-Day-related sites in Normandy, with more than one ...

An engineering feat, the harbors were used to unload troops, vehicles and supplies during the Allied invasion of Normandy in June ... its creation and the D-Day landings. Recent visitors praised ...

On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy during “Operation Overlord” to try and take away Nazi control of western France. More than 2,500 American troops were killed ...

Twenty years after planning the Allied invasion of Normandy, Gen ... that it took more than one day to load the Allies' ships and landing craft for their journey across the English Channel ...

Two days of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy began on Wednesday ... one of the five were allied troops (US, UK, Commonwealth and Canada) landed.

The Normandy landings, also known as D-Day, were a series of air- and seaborne landings in continental Europe by Allied forces. In the BBC’s new programme D-Day: The Unheard Tapes, remastered ...

He still remembers the Allied invasion of Normandy ... “The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy will be a very special opportunity to honor WWII Veterans through various events ...

Across the channel in France, hundreds of paratroopers landed on the fields of Normandy, recreating a jump ... For Steve the memories of landing here remain vivid. "The weather was not good.

Those who travel to the Normandy beaches to ... UK – alone among the principal Allied nations of WW2 – did not to have its own D-Day memorial near the landing beaches. This is Nicholas's ...