It was actually a way of gathering intelligence on suitable beaches. D-day is simply a standard armed forces way of emphasising a particular day. It means THE Day, it’s like saying H-hour which ...

Eighty years after it happened, D-Day – the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted – still resonates today. With ...

OMAHA BEACH, France - The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch ...