More than 150,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. A small handful told NPR about their... They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in ...

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 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 Operation ...

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest military invasion in history, a nearly miraculous feat known as D-Day and a major turning point of World War II. Thursday marks the 80th anniversary ...

Bernard Jordan, 89, hops on bus, ferry to cross the English Channel again. British D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan, 89, sneaked out of a nursing home on England's south coast on Thursday and turned up in ...

It was a day like no other in a war like no other. This week was the anniversary of the invasion of Normandy by the Allied Powers 80 years ago. Beginning with the landing June 6 on the beaches on ...