wounded or missing during the D-Day invasion alone. About 22,000 German soldiers are among the many buried around Normandy. Inevitably, the number of survivors attending major anniversary ...

Ten 14-inch, .45-caliber guns were used in the Allies’ Operation Neptune on D-Day to bombard German artillery at Utah Beach as well as cannons and tanks miles inland, Ramsey said. Built just ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, ...

In 1945, an attempt was made to identify the unknown remains, but the effort was unsuccessful, the DPAA said. Analysts with ...

“They weren’t just soldiers who flew ... the first French building to be liberated from German occupation. Cowering in the cellar when British troops arrived was Arlette Gondrée.

Over three million service personnel were involved and it all hinged on the success of the Normandy Landings on D-Day. If the German troops were able to prevent the initial landings, the campaign ...