In the winter of 1944, four German paratroopers and a Kriegsmarine sailor broke free from a POW camp in the French port of ...

Rescue efforts by other landing craft and minesweepers were hampered by German mine explosions and an air raid, killing thirty men from Landing Craft Infantry 32. Minesweepers pulled 150 men out ...

By June 1940, Nazi Germany had conquered much of Europe, and the United Kingdom stood as the last major obstacle to Hitler’s dominance. ... Germany's Secret Landing Craft - Operation Sea Lion.

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

Today marks the anniversary of one of the greatest achievements of World War II. On this day 81 years ago the Allied Forces ...

DeVita's main job as part of the landing craft's crew was to raise and lower the front ramp on orders of the coxswain, or boat driver, to allow more than 30 troops from the 1st Infantry Division ...

Landing Ship, Tank LST-422 is seen during World War II before it struck a German mine and sank on Jan. 26, 1944 off the coast of Italy. In addition to its British crew, it was carrying U.S ...

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.