Located near the cemetery is the Normandy Visitors Center ... II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were ... The American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer and the Pointe-du-Hoc bomb craters are also ...

Mary Kearney was a leader of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a unit depicted in the Tyler Perry movie “The Six Triple Eight” released on Netflix.

The U.S. Air Force unit and its deadly missions in World War II are also the subject of a new Apple TV+ documentary.

In letters to his wife, a World War II veteran and Hamtramck resident shared love, fear and hope. Their daughter has ...

Sarlat-la-Canéda, located in the heart of the Dordogne, is a beautifully preserved medieval town. Known for its golden ...

Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

The 9th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army activated for service prior to U.S. entry in World War II in August of 1940 at ...

The multitude gathered early and eagerly to witness an event few could imagine they would ever see. Charles of Anjou (1226–1285), brother of Louis IX (1214–1270), King of France, had ordered the ...

Archaeologists working on the site of an old convent’s garden in Dijon, France, have discovered a strange group of Gallic graves and a children’s necropolis dating back over 2,000 years.

"I was screaming," she said at the Tal al-Naser cemetery near Homs. "They shot him in the leg, he fell on the ground and two of them came and opened fire" repeatedly before taking him away ...