The invasion began in the early hours of June 6 with a huge aerial and naval bombardment of the target area: a 50-mile ...

On the day itself, the largest invasion force ever assembled crossed the English Channel. 7,000 Allied vessels and 160,000 troops pushed into Normandy, northern France. Of that number, around 4,000 ...

In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy ... Seeking to drive to the coast of the English Channel and split the Allied armies as they had done ...

An engineering feat, the harbors were used to unload troops, vehicles and supplies during the Allied invasion of Normandy in June ... were towed across the English Channel. Museum exhibits include ...

On June 5, 1944, while Allied troops headed across the English Channel toward the beaches ... 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, Eisenhower said to his personal assistant, Kay Summersby, "I hope ...