As D-day got underway on Omaha Beach, the situation was looking grim for the Allies. Barely had the first wave of soldiers ...

(NEXSTAR) – Looking around Omaha Beach, today’s visitors to the site of the D-Day operations are faced with stark reminders of the harrowing battles that began on June 6, 1944: the bomb craters left ...

The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944 — code-named Operation Overlord — was a daunting enterprise and one of the riskiest gambles of World War II. The men who stormed the beaches ...

A jacket, coin and letter reveal what life was like for the brave soldiers who turned the tide of World War II on the Western Front Frank A. Blazich Jr., PhD One of war photographer Robert Capa’s ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — Sid Edson was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for his role aboard a B-24 bomber on D-Day. He emphatically refuses to be labeled a hero. “I just did what I was told to do,” ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While approaching closer to the shoreline, U.S. Navy ships fought off heavy German attacks from mortars, artillery and machine guns. Struggling to withstand dangerous ...

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the largest naval, air and land operation in history on June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France. Now, a new documentary will immerse viewers into the action of that ...