Eighty years after it happened, D-Day – the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted – still resonates today. With the bold invasion of Nazi-held Europe on June 6, 1944, the Allied forces ...
Editor's Note: This editorial, slightly revised, is published annually as a tribute to D-Day. When the United States put its young men ashore on D-Day 81 years ago tomorrow, they were not alone.
Eighteen World War II veterans are part of a new exhibit called "Voices From The Front" that opened to the public in March. It allows people to ask questions and get real responses from the veterans — ...
Eighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...
The United States military commemorated the 79th anniversary of D-Day in June with airdrops, flyovers, and gatherings of veterans in Normandy. Now only two months after that, the Air Force is getting ...
mapsinanutshell on MSN

WWII D-Day: Utah Beach in 15 seconds

On June 6, 1944, American forces landed at Utah Beach, the westernmost sector of the Normandy invasion. In just 15 seconds, this video traces the beach landing, the rapid push inland, and how U.S.
In this restoration journey, we bring a historic Zippo lighter from the D-Day WW2 era back to life. This remarkable artifact, tied to the largest amphibious invasion in 1944, tells a story of ...