Here are some facts about the Allies' D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The assault marked a decisive stage in the liberation of Europe from German forces in World War Two. Sign up here.

The plan was to drive inland to Caen (1), with its key road and rail links into ... British and Canadian troops landed on the Normandy coastline on D-Day. A map details where American, British ...

Allied leaders decided to invade at Normandy to give an element of surprise despite the longer distances soldiers would have to travel and longer supply chains, according to the National D-Day ...

We needed to visit the D-Day landing sites in Normandy. We also travel with two young, and sometimes sensitive, children. As we’ve travelled the world together we haven’t shied away from the ...

June 6, 2024 marks 80 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed ...

Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D brings this monumental event to the world's largest screens for the first time. Audiences of all ages will discover from a new ...

A lifetime away from the landings that led to the liberation of Europe, June 6 is still a big deal in Normandy ... of heroes” D-Day is commemorated with events across the key beaches and ...

Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday posted a tribute to the “immortal heroes who landed at Normandy” to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. “ ...

Some of the last surviving veterans of the D-Day invasion made a pilgrimage to the Normandy beaches in northern France this week for the 80th anniversary of the 1944 invasion that helped bring ...

President Joe Biden delivered a speech at a ceremony Thursday marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of ...

As decades pass, D-Day anniversaries in Normandy have become increasingly fun-fair like, clogging the region’s leafy roads with WWII-era fans dressed in the uniforms and driving restored ...

Factbox-Key Facts About the Allied Landings at Normandy on D-Day PARIS (Reuters) -American, British, Canadian and French leaders will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday.