The "D" simply stands for "day". D-Day is a military term for the first day of an operation Airborne troops were dropped behind enemy lines in the early hours, while thousands of ships gathered ...

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

The bridge was captured in the first few moments of D-Day by the 6th Airborne division in what's been described as "the ...

And while the 133,000 men involved in D-Day came from all over Britain ... Specifically, the men of the Sixth Airborne Division were trained in the grounds of the country house at Tatton Park ...

D-Day veterans Bernard Morgan (left), 100 ... However, storms meant it was delayed by 24 hours to 6 June. Airborne troops were dropped behind enemy lines in the early hours, while thousands ...

Eisenhower speaks with men of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, on June 5, 1944, the day before the D-Day invasion. Omar Bradley (1893-1981) Bradley ...

D-Day also offers a powerful counterpoint in the ... On the day of the invasion, numerous unforeseen issues arose. The initial airborne assault faced navigational errors, scattering paratroopers ...

A "one-in-a-million" D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a ... Bill Gladden, from Haverhill, Suffolk, was serving with the 6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment in 1944. He was shot in the ...