(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...

During the Normandy landings, German defenders along the coast faced overwhelming Allied firepower as the largest amphibious ...

"Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called ...

A soldier from Virginia who died on D-Day has been accounted for 81 years after he was killed, officials said in a news release. The company disembarked from their landing craft at around 7 a.m.

Neighbors gathered from across the country to lay William Robert Burns to rest, more than eight decades after he was killed ...

CINCINNATI — A restored World War II aircraft that led the historic D-Day invasion will be on display this weekend at Cincinnati Warbirds, offering the public a rare glimpse into a pivotal moment of ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A powerful piece of history touched down in the “Air Capital of the World” this weekend. Visitors at the Kansas Aviation Museum got a close-up look at a restored C-47 aircraft ...

Pierce Brosnan stars as 93-year-old Artie Crawford, a pensioner in Northern Ireland who requests to travel to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Before we go any further, let’s ...

CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett introduces a clip from CBS News Radio's coverage of the invasion of ...