One of the most important days in military history, June 6, 1944, will undoubtedly live in infamy. On this day, Operation ...
Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the ...
La douleur m’a brisée, la fraternité m’a relevée, de ma blessure a jailli un fleuve de liberté” “Pain broke me, brotherhood ...
Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these ... Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours, Bayeux Shuttle and ...
He was assigned to the 3420th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company in England in November 1943 and was on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, in July 1944. His unit “kept the wheels ...
Ideally located on the Seine, Rouen became one of France's greatest ports. When the Vikings settled and became Normans in the 10th century, Rouen became ... along the beach, which show places ...
It’s the last surviving battleship that saw action at Normandy. "This ship had a tremendous impact on the success of the allies on D-Day, particularly at Omaha beach,” said Travis Davis ...
As dawn broke the largest armada in history stood waiting off the Normandy coast ... from the first wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops we took ...