Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing more ...

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

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.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Omaha Beach, the second to the west of the five landing beaches, saw the bloodiest fighting of the battle, with American forces seeing ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler's regime.Along the ...

Veterans were gathering Friday on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War ...

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.

Picture: Getty D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial, Ken Hay, 99 (second left) and Royal Navy D-Day veteran Henry Rice, 99 (far right) lay wreaths at the British Normandy ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations.