Bloody scenes would immediately follow the landings in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, where 156,000 Allied troops descended on northern France in an effort to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.

WIESBADEN, Germany — Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set the standard for coalition warfare.

The Allied invasion of Normandy was a major turning point in World War II. ... An estimated 11,590 aircraft and 6,938 ships and landing craft were part of the assault.

On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, became the largest amphibious military assault the world had ever seen.. The success of the operation, called Operation Overlord and most ...

About 100 U.S. Marines will come ashore at Normandy, France next month as a tribute to the Allied troops who landed there 80 years ago in one of the most decisive battles of World War II.

Carrying full equipment, American assault troops move onto a beachhead code-named Omaha Beach, on the northern coast of France on June 6, 1944, during the Allied invasion of the Normandy coast.

Four U.S. Air Force C-130s fly in formation over the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, ... the Allied assault that helped turn the tide of World War II. ...

Here are some facts about the Allies' D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The assault marked a decisive stage in the liberation of Europe from German forces in World War Two.

This story was first published on June 8, 1944, after AP journalist Don Whitehead, who became known by his colleagues as "Beachhead Don," landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day with the 1st ...

On D-Day, The Associated Press had reporters, artists and photographers in the air, on the choppy waters of the English Channel, in London, and at English departure ports and airfields covering ...

We didn't want to re-create the Normandy beach landing as seen in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Medal of Honor Frontline, so we delved deeper into history and learned why the Anzio beach ...