Just hours after landing on Sword Beach, British forces expected to push south toward Caen, but they hadn’t counted on Fortress Hillman. This heavily fortified German defensive position, known as ...

To maintain secrecy, a large portion of the Allied fleet was squirreled far away in northern Scotland. Consequently, five ...

Neil Smoak has spent his life studying his family, including three Smoak men from Colleton County who died June 9, 1944, during the Normandy invasion.

A ceremony on June 7 will honor nine U.S. soldiers from Pennsylvania's 28th Division killed during the fight for Gathemo, ...

June 7 and 8 mark days rich with history, featuring events that have shaped nations, cultures, and the global landscape.One ...

PHENOMENAL': One WWII veteran from Tampa went to Normandy last year and still can't believe how much the French people ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II ...

The Normandy landings were a shifting point in the war, as they marked the Allied forces' invasion of France. It's known as ...

The landing in Normandywhich took place on Tuesday June 6, 1944was one of the most impressive and important military ...

World War II veteran Wally King speaks at the D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, ...

More than 2 million Allied soldiers, sailors, pilots, medics and other people from a dozen countries were involved in the ...