The Normandy beaches became a battleground in the struggle to free France and Europe at large from the hold of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion, which included land, sea and air forces, was ...

The Allied Normandy landing in 1944 is known as "the beginning of the end of war in Europe." But less known are the 2.5 million Indians who also played a critical role in World War II. About the same ...

The number of vets, especially those who participated in D-Day, is dwindling. Seventy-nine years ago, on June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on D-Day. "It was one ...

Eighty years after it happened, D-Day – the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted – still resonates today. With the bold invasion of Nazi-held Europe on June 6, 1944, the Allied forces ...

The anniversary of World War II's D-Day is June 6, commemorating the largest invasion by air, land and sea in history. More than 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and 150,000 soldiers from the United ...

WASHINGTON — World War II aircraft that moved troops and cargo across the North Atlantic to Europe are being retooled, fueled and readied to make the same journey the aircraft did 80 years ago for a ...

The United States military commemorated the 79th anniversary of D-Day in June with airdrops, flyovers, and gatherings of veterans in Normandy. Now only two months after that, the Air Force is getting ...