Eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944, some 156,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to defeat the Nazis.

Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne ... who landed at Juno beach with the Royal Naval Commandos. After he was discharged, he worked as a fisherman ...

In 1944, Comanche Code Talkers exchanged radio messages detailing the exact landing locations for each group of Allied Forces as their ships reached the beaches of Normandy. The delegates will ...

The Normandy landings, also known as D-Day ... was the biggest seaborne invasion in all of history. The five beaches - mission-named from east to west as Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah ...

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an ... Situated about 6 miles from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was the first city liberated after the D-Day landing. It's also the closest ...

The Normandy landings was the largest seaborne invasion ... Thousands were killed on both sides on the beaches, codenamed Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah and Omaha by the Allies. Lines of white marble ...

videoThe Battle for Omaha Veterans of the Omaha Beach landings in Normandy recall their memories just before the attack began, and the carnage that followed before the beach was secured.

For more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website. Normandy American D-Day Beaches Full Day Tour from Bayeux (1477 reviews) Normandy ...