The invasion began in the early hours of June ... Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches This map from UPI shows the ...
Eighty years ago, D-Day ... in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Coast Guard LCIs, protected by barrage balloons against low-flying Nazi airplanes, advance upon the beaches ...
Eighty years after it happened, D-Day – the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted ... than the day 160,000 troops ...
The D-Day invasion on June ... strategy for defeating the Allied invasion. He believed that the best way to counter the Allied invasion was to stop it at the beaches. He argued that if the Allies ...
Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide ... Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile ...