The months of June and July are punctuated by holidays that elicit increasingly rare emotions in the U.S. – feelings of national pride and patriotism (minus the vitriol). On June 6, we and our allies ...

WIESBADEN, Germany — Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set the standard for coalition warfare. The lessons ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France - U.S. Army Soldiers serving in the 1st Infantry Division led ceremonies at the 80th Annual D-Day Commemoration in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 4, 2024. The day’s events ...

Eighty-one years ago Friday, more than 160,000 Allied troops stormed the multitude of drop zones along the beaches of Normandy, France. It was D-Day, perhaps the most significant turning point of ...

Dozens of World War II veterans, hundreds of active-duty service members and members of the public marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. Parades, memorials, military demonstrations ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

SOMEWHERE IN NORMANDY, France — This nondescript dateline intentionally hid the precise location where news stories following the June 6, 1944, D-Day landings were written. Reporters could only cable ...

Five years into World War II, the Allies were squeezing the Nazis from two sides. In Western Europe, Allied forces had managed to slow Adolf Hitler's ruthless expansion across the continent. Meanwhile ...

They traveled from as far as Las Vegas and for some, it will be a first visit. From Alabama to Nevada, they are the modest heroes who did something extraordinary nearly 75 years ago-- fighting on ...