The invasion of Normandy wasn't accomplished strictly through American forces. Meet the 3rd Canadian infantry division that stormed Juno Beach. Their mission was to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the ...
A service of celebration has been held for a D-Day veteran who died in December. William Wake, from Ulgham near Morpeth, ...
The historic Brighton Beach venue will host the 2025 New York Freedom Gala for Ukraine next Friday, Feb. 21. Hosted by the Heart & Valor Foundation and Freedom FM, the event will mark three years ...
Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...
Local World War II veteran Richard Schermerhorn, who landed on a Normandy beach during the D-Day invasion in 1944, has died at the age of 102. Stephen's Funeral Home in Allentown confirmed ...
Such an invasion needed perfect conditions across the board for all aspects of ... Named after their inventor Major-General Sir Percy Hobart, they were heavily armored vehicles designed to reinforce ...
One such was certainly that of Manfred Gans, a young German-Jewish man who managed to escape to England just before the war ...
Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide in the ... is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile stretch of sand ...
All history enthusiasts—or at least those particularly interested in military history—remember a date that marked a before ...
The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official ...