Shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and tanks in history was launched.

Mont Saint Michel seen up close at sunset sits in front of the Channel Sea and is surrounded by the rising sea in France, Normandy, the Cotentin, towards La Hague and Cherbourg, by the Channel Sea, in ...

All along the Normandy coastline — where then-young soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of fire on five beaches on June 6 ...

Thanks to Normandy's unpredictable weather ... World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned ...

On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in history began as Allied forces landed on the Normandy coast. Some 160,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen, aboard 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft ...

Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours ... World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned ...