The National WWII Museum is commemorating the 81st anniversary of D-Day on Friday with a full day of events honoring the Allied invasion that changed the course of World War II. On June 6, 1944, more ...

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious military assault the world has ever seen. Its success heralded the beginning of the ...

Anniversaries have a way of making us reflect on the lessons of the past. On June 6, the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history. On that day in 1944 — ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — On June 6, 1944, troops from the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy — marking a historic battle of World War II. June 6, 2024 marks 80 years since our troops stormed Omaha Beach ...

One hundred fifty World War II U.S. veterans, along with volunteers and representatives from the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), were present at Normandy American Cemetery in France to ...

Eighty one years after the invasion of Normandy, a local vocal ensemble from Wake County, called VocaVarina, will travel to France and participate in a patriotic concert to remember those who fought ...

Eighty years after D-Day, BYU geologists uncover lingering WWII shrapnel on Normandy beaches to study how history still shapes the coastline today. BYU geology professor Sam Hudson and a team of ...

The late historian Stephen Ambrose wrote biographies of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, as well as many books about World War II. For histories of the war in Europe, Ambrose ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Updates will soon come to New Orleans’ World War II Museum. Museum officials said starting Feb. 25, major renovations will begin to “modernize” its original flagship exhibit, “The ...

More than 20 World War II veterans were honored with a special flight from Charlotte to New Orleans to visit the National WWII Museum. The veterans, who were part of the Soaring Valor program, ...