Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Witness the heroic story of the C-47 Skytrain, the workhorse that delivered 18,000 paratroopers behind enemy lines on D-Day.

It was early June 1944, and with Operation Overlord underway, every Allied resource was mobilized for the largest amphibious ...

Operation Overlord was the code name for the D-Day invasion. Overlord included all of the planning that went into the assault, which would involve the transporting of more than 150,000 infantry ...

Eighty-one years ago, the Normandy beaches witnessed a pivotal moment in World War II. D-Day marked the start of Operation Overlord. Allied forces from the US, UK, and Canada landed on five Normandy ...

More than 2 million people were involved in the overall Operation Overlord, the battle to wrest western France from Nazi control. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944 ...

Operation Overlord was the largest seaborne invasion in history. During the 24 hours of June 6, the Strategic Air Forces — with over 11,500 aircraft — flew 5,309 sorties to drop 10,395 tons ...

Eighty years ago this month, British and American military leaders were making final preparations for what was to become the largest seaborn operation in history: Operation Overlord, popularly ...

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.

More than 2 million people were involved in the overall Operation Overlord, the battle to wrest western France from Nazi control. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944 ...

More than 2 million people were involved in the overall Operation Overlord, the battle to wrest western France from Nazi control. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944 ...