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A look back at D-Day - Military Times

On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower seized the moment to order airdrops of paratroopers and gliders behind ...

PHOTOS: A look back at D-Day 80 years later - Yahoo

On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to begin freeing northwestern Europe from under the boot of ...

Looking Back At D-Day, 74 Years Later | Here & Now - WBUR

Seventy-four years ago today, June 6, 1944, the allies stormed ashore in France to drive the Germans out. Less than a year later, ...

How D-Day veterans described the Normandy invasion to NPR

This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Frank Walk was in a hurry.

Remembering D-Day: Veterans Look Back 80 Years Later (Part 2)

Eighty years after the Allied invasion of Normandy, two veterans reflect on June 6th, and how one of history's largest military invasions ...

Did any of the soldiers on D-Day attempt to stay on the boats or run ...

In those situations, the men behind them would usually push them forward because staying in the landing craft too long would invite German ...

D-Day (June 6, 1944) | World War II (1941-1945) - Library of Congress

D-Day put the Allies on a decisive path toward victory. Beginning with the Normandy beaches, they pushed back against Axis forces until Germany was forced to ...

PHOTOS: D-Day remembered: A look back at the Normandy Landings

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D-Day: A look back at the complex, secret plan to fool Nazi ...

Watch D-Day: A look back at the complex, secret plan to fool Nazi commanders in WWII Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca.

Looking back at D-Day operations - KHON2

June 6 marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day operations---the invasion at the beaches of Normandy that led to the end of World War II.

75 Years After D-Day, American Veterans Look Back—and Ahead

Everything was burning — vehicles, rubber, ammunition, belts, packs, uniforms, human flesh, “all giving off awful smells,” he says. “The smells ...

A Look Back: Scenes from D-Day, the invasion of Normandy

US infantrymen wade through the surf as they land at Normandy in the days following the Allies' June 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France.

Looking back at the day FDR died - The National Constitution Center

On April 12, 1945, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in Georgia. Harry Truman along with an entire nation was stunned by ...

Remembering D-Day: 80 Years Later - YouTube

On the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, a look back on the planning, execution, and legacy of how one of history's largest military ...

D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe | The National WWII Museum

It was one of the gutsiest decisions of the war. Just after midnight on June 6, Allied airborne troops began dropping behind enemy lines. Their ...

Why does footage of the actual D-Day landings in Normandy look so ...

He is unable to get film from looking back at the leading troops. He is not in the position to get a shot of the front of a landing craft as ...

D-Day: World War II invasion was 79 years ago. It remains significant

A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 79th anniversary. Portrait of Mike Snider Mike Snider. USA TODAY. D ...

5 Things You May Not Know About D-Day - Department of Defense

An empty boat looks over water filled with soldiers trudging to shore. D-Day. The Invasion of Normandy. Operation Overlord. It goes by various ...

D-Day: The Great Crusade of World War II

Like their other comrades carrying out and supporting the Allied invasion of northern France along the beaches of Normandy, there could be no turning back on D- ...

Looking back at the 59-point performance from Giannis ... - YouTube

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 59 points, the second-best scoring output in Bucks history, and Milwaukee survived Detroit for a second ...