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Around 200 veterans attended this year’s D-Day event in Normandy, the youngest in their 90s and some over 100. ... But this year — the hugely symbolic 80th anniversary since that day of days ...
As they meet in France on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, world leaders should consider the lessons of World War II, and how to apply them today, writes Frida Ghitis.
World leaders and veterans gather in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France in a major turning ...
World War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy, followed by around 1,200 aircraft
Most of the 48 American World War II veterans who arrived in Normandy on Monday to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion here insisted on standing up for us all one more time by ...
Lee Sease writes that the D-Day sacrifices of so many to ensure the needs of the many should take a back seat to the desires and wishes of the few.
Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France , and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front .
World War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on ...