The invasion began in the early ... Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide in the war and helped lead to the fall of ...

Well-liked and respected by his men, Roosevelt had to campaign hard, however, to deploy during the invasion of Normandy ... on the beach "with a cane in one hand, a map in the other, walking ...

Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...

World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...