It involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands ... The "D" simply stands for "day". D-Day is a military term for the first day of an operation Airborne troops were dropped behind ...

Troops from the 101st Airborne with full packs and ... use a lifeline to rescue several men from a landing craft sunk by enemy fire on D-Day All pictures subject to copyright, courtesy Marina ...

Day, were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 during World War II. The ...

Efforts to mark the Provence landings with major events like those seen for D-Day anniversaries have been ... the US commander of airborne troops in Operation Dragoon, was unveiled in La Motte ...

June 6, 2009 sees the 65th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and to mark this occasion we are offering three lucky winners and their guests a fantastic four-day escorted Battlefield break ...

Scene from the Veterans Day commemorative event to honor veterans on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, held on Nov. 10, at Faith United Methodist Church. Pictured are: Wagner ...

The D-Day invasion ... The initial airborne assault faced navigational errors, scattering paratroopers across the Normandy countryside. Similarly, the amphibious landings encountered stronger ...

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will attend ‘D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings’, an evening of music-led, multi-generational storytelling, reflecting on the Second World War at ...

PARIS, May 30. /TASS/. The French authorities do not consider inviting Russia to participate in the events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Reuters reported citing two ...

D-Day veterans Bernard ... three US and British airborne divisions, more than 23,000 men, took off to secure the flanks of the beaches. Myriad naval vessels and landing craft gathered at a ...