June 6, 1944, is a special date in American history. It is synonymous with D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place 80 years ago. History As It Happens takes its annual look back at ...

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A group of veterans, active duty military and Anniston locals gathered Thursday at the Berman Museum to remember this day in American history, the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, D-Day. As an ...

(In 2001, the late Tallahassee Democrat columnist and historian Gerald Ensley wrote the origin story of the Camp Gordon Johnston museum in Franklin County, which trained World War II soldiers for the ...

Writing about the Allied invasion of Normandy, Garrett M. Graff is treading onto familiar history. From books by Stephen Ambrose to films such as “Saving Private Ryan,” there are ample works ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

The military history and culinary traditions of Normandy, France meet in a tasteful and secretive enclave behind the walls of a 12th-century castle, a short distance from D-Day landmarks Omaha Beach ...

The Allied invasion of Normandy is synonymous with heroism, a “great crusade” to end the Nazi tyranny over the peoples of Europe, as General Dwight D. Eisenhower put it in his order on June 6, 1944.