The invasion began in the early hours ... Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches This map from UPI shows the 50-mile ...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most ...

Narrated by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, the documentary D-DAY: OVER NORMANDY focuses ... 1944 “D-Day” invasion, along with newly created maps and photo animations.

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western ...

Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy on ... the National D-Day Memorial Foundation is hosting events this week to commemorate the invasion’s 80th anniversary.

wounded or missing during the D-Day invasion alone. About 22,000 German soldiers are among the many buried around Normandy. The number of survivors attending major anniversary commemorations in ...

Had German commanders – among them Hitler himself – all agreed this was the main invasion, the Panzer reserves might have been ordered to Normandy much earlier on D-Day, and the Allies might ...

Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide ... information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.