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.

Thursday marked 80 years since D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history. World War II veterans and the American Battle Monuments Commission commemorated the day in Normandy, France.

LONDON (AP) — As a young Women’s Royal Naval Service officer in World War II, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in exactly the right place when they scrambled onto Normandy ...

In the lengthy Battle of the Atlantic, the British Admiralty pretty much ran the show. As to the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, RAF Bomber Command’s planes attacked by night and U.S ...

Dive into the brutal battles of Normandy as we explore the fierce clashes between Allied forces and Germany’s 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. This documentary covers the intense combat these ...

The DCS: Normandy 1944 Map is centered on the World War II battlefield of Normandy, France and is specifically created to depict the period after the D-Day landings and the establishment of ...

lx, 649 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm Place France Normandy Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns Operation Overlord.