Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, ...
One of the most important days in military history, June 6, 1944, will undoubtedly live in infamy. On this day, Operation ...
La douleur m’a brisée, la fraternité m’a relevée, de ma blessure a jailli un fleuve de liberté” “Pain broke me, brotherhood uplifted me, from my wounds sprang a river of liberty” -Paul Doret ...
A war of tomorrow — rather than yesteryear — is coming into focus in the straits between the mainland and Taiwan.
We're looking back at Steven Spielberg's war epic 'Saving Private Ryan' and how he turned the graphic violence of war into a ...
Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach Flying low ... of this generation of heroes – are visiting the beaches of Normandy and participating in several days of festivities marking ...
As John looked back, he saw a fellow soldier shot and killed on Sword Beach, the code name for one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast. "That was the closest I got to not ...
videoThe Battle for Omaha Veterans of the Omaha Beach landings in Normandy recall their memories just before the attack began, and the carnage that followed before the beach was secured.
Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France ... advance upon the beaches of France in the wake of the Stars and Stripes, on D-Day. General Dwight Eisenhower gives the order of the day ...
Those who travel to the Normandy beaches to pay their respects ... WW2 – did not to have its own D-Day memorial near the landing beaches. This is Nicholas's story, as recounted in Radio 4's ...
He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day. He discusses the realism of the weapons and strategies ...