The battle of Villers-Bocage was one of the more infamous incidents of the Normandy campaign, that took place on 13 June 1944 ...

Along the base of the Normandy peninsula the fighting grew in violence. British troops around Caen smashed a series of desperate German counterattacks and ground ahead slowly. To the west, U.S ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

EXCLUSIVE: Next week at least 14 warriors will make the journey to Northern France to pay tribute to pals who perished during the mighty Allied invasion of occupied Europe that started on June 6, 1944 ...

The quiet beaches and rural villages of Normandy, France, exploded with fire and fury in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. D-Day. The climactic battle of World War II. The United States and ...

The British D-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in Northern France didn't need a calendar to remember June 6, 1944.

British D-Day veterans have received an emotional welcome today as they returned to France to mark the 79th anniversary of the Normandy landings.. War heroes from the UK's armed forces travelled ...

While D-Day and subsequent Battle of Normandy were gripping, the reason it is called D-Day is anticlimactic. ... On June 7, the British seized Caen, about 17 miles from the beach.

SANNERVILLE, France (AP) — There was a contemporary twist for British paratroopers, who parachuted into the historic D-Day drop zone in Normandy to recreate the airborne part of the battle to ...

But for the Normandy operation of June 1944, the massive amphibious enterprise intended to begin the reconquest of France, many Allied armies were involved—American, British, Canadian, Free ...

Normandy has more than 20 military cemeteries holding mostly Americans, Germans, French, British, Canadians and Polish troops who took part in the historic battle.