The occupation of these beaches started the Battle of Normandy, during which Allied Forces pressed into German-occupied cities. On June 7, the British seized Caen, about 17 miles from the beach. U ...

The D-Day invasion marked the start of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. The date of the invasion was June 6, 1944, and the entire operation lasted through August 1944.

On a state visit, France’s president announced the loan of the tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion.

June 6, 1944, is a special date in American history. It is synonymous with D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place 79 years ago today. The largest amphibious assault in human ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

Women sit among the ruins of Magny-en-Bessin (Calvados), Normandy, in October 1944, after the Battle of Normandy. AFP Eighty years ago, at the end of June 1944, the Battle of Normandy was at its ...

History and memory took a long pause at this point. The war went on, peace arrived, and the town of Graignes managed to rebuild, isolated, as always, from the rest of the world.

First Posted: 6/7/2008 JAMES T. HAMMOND McClatchy Newspapers COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — The Battle of Normandy, which started with history’s most powerful coastal invasion force here 64 ...

The upcoming 70 th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2014, puts Normandy on the minds of many whose bucket list includes visiting the landing beaches and historic sites of World War II. History buffs ...

In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter, the ...