On 6 June 1944, Operation Overlord — the code name for the overall operation to secure a foothold in northern France — began. Now known as D-Day, the momentous event proved to be a pivotal ...

It's a day that changed the course of history, not only in Western Europe but also in the world. Eighty years ago was D-Day. D-Day was the Allies' invasion of Nazi-occupied France during World War ...

PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) - World leaders and veterans gather in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded ...

Veterans and world leaders have gathered in Normandy, France, to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers arrived in the country by sea ...

Editor’s Note: As the 80th anniversary of D-Day nears, the global fight for democracy continues. CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper speaks with World War II veterans and ...

PARIS - World leaders and veterans gather in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France in a major ...

SAINT-LÔ, France — He was 6 when Allied warplanes turned his town to rubble. Yves Fauvel says the flashbacks still come regularly: The D-Day evening sky thrumming with American bombers; the ...

Twenty years after planning the Allied invasion of Normandy, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower received a letter that asked him how the June 6, 1944, amphibious assault came to be commonly called D-Day.

June 6, 2024 marks 80 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. The invasion – codenamed ...

Tom Hanks issued a stark word of advice to world leaders at the ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Hollywood A-lister, known for his work with Steven Spielberg on the World ...

On the anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history, we remember the heroes who established the foundation to defeat the Nazis in WWII. American soldiers in a landing craft approach ...

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 ...