This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy ...

Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing site on D-Day, June 6, 1944. In this video, we revisit the brutal reality faced by American troops as they stormed the heavily fortified coastline under ...

Joseph Gorra’s first-hand account of what it was like to be part of D-Day during WWII. World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a ...

An LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops from Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One), wading onto Fox ...

The largest amphibious invasion in history was launched on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. For this year’s 81st ...

Note to readers • This story was originally published on June 2, 2014. It’s an obscure mystery in the annals of World War II history. How did Utah and Omaha beaches — two chunks of French sand that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) – It’s been 80 years since ...