Members of the U.S. joint military service academy choir take part in a ceremony at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

Eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944, some 156,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to defeat the Nazis.

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France ... more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

2024 4:01 a.m. Warren Goss watched as soldiers in front of him dropped — struck down by enemy fire — after the ramp of his Higgins boat lowered near Utah Beach in Normandy, France. Goss ...

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 ... from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was ...

This marked the beginning the liberation of France from the Nazis and paved ... Eisenhower's words that as they landed on the Normandy beaches "the eyes of the world were on them".

returns to France to commemorate 75 years since the Normandy landings, here he recalls how he thought D-Day was a training exercise until he saw bodies on the beach. It was 75 years ago ...

and air forces stood poised to strike at the German beach fortifications and dense bocage of Normandy. All hopes for the liberation of France and the end of World War II would depend on the ...