Over three million service personnel were involved and it all hinged on the success of the Normandy Landings on D-Day. If the German troops were able to prevent the initial landings, the campaign ...

paid parking is available near the cliffs, though visitors said it's difficult to come by in the busy summer season unless you arrive in the morning. Normandy American D-Day Beaches Full Day Tour ...

and scaled the towering seaside cliffs near Swanage more times than they could count. On the fateful morning of the Normandy landings, the Ranger battalions were split into three groups with two ...

For Steve the memories of landing here remain vivid ... by maintaining their memory and maintaining these sites.” Steve Melnikov did not return to Normandy until the 60th anniversary.

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an easy ... first city liberated after the D-Day landing. It's also the closest city to the landing site not destroyed in the war.