The turning point of WW2 in the ETO was the decisive battle in Normandy. Following Operation Overlord and the invasion of Normandy on the 6th June 1944, the Allies fought a bitter 77 day battle ...

Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy ... Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II.

They include American troops landing on the Normandy beaches on D-Day ... the aftermath of the first 1,000 bomber raid on Cologne, and the German battleship Bismarck as the Royal Navy hunted ...

Camouflage in World War 2 was ... German and American camouflage items of uniform, how effective they were and debunk a popular myth surrounding American and German camouflage in Normandy during ...

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

Thanks to Normandy's unpredictable weather, you'll want to dress in layers (no matter the time of your visit) and bring rain gear, according to past visitors. World War II's successful Operation ...

Two soldiers from C Company, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, smoke cigarettes while looking out at the war-torn city of Geich, Germany.

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place ... this invasion turned the tide in the war and helped lead to the fall of Nazi Germany. Today this piece of coastline, which includes ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

From friendly fire incidents to an ambush from German E-boats, the exercise ended up costing the lives of at least 749 American servicemen. However, due to the imminent invasion of Normandy ...