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D-Day demystified: June 6 explained — what happened, why it mattered, and why the world still remembers

D-Day was a turning point that showed the Allies' strength, strategy, and willingness to sacrifice for their country. Eighty-one years ago, the beaches of Normandy changed the course of World War II ...
Snopes.com

10 D-Day rumors we've fact-checked to mark 81st anniversary

Widely seen as a turning point in World War II, the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day, has long been the subject of viral rumors with varying levels of legitimacy. As the ...
The Ithaca Journal

Remembering D-Day: Humble veteran, now 100, recalls Normandy invasion 81 years later

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 ...
Wicked Local

'I felt for those soldiers': Veteran, 100, recalls D-Day 81 years later

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 ...