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

Churchill called the last volume of his World War II chronicle Triumph and Tragedy. He had held the West together not only by his fierce commitment to fight the tyrant to the death, but also by making ...

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.

Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops made at Utah Beach.

(CNN) — 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.

Though World War II lasted nearly another year in Europe, the success of Operation Overlord led to the liberation of France and allowed the Allies to fight the Germans in Nazi-occupied Europe.

I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I’ve known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of World War II European ...

CANFIELD — Alex Wasylychyn turned 100 a few months ago. While he doesn’t get around like he used to, he does have a good mind and remembers his service years and the vital part his unit played ...

Victory in Europe − V-E Day − would come on May 8, 1945, nearly a year after D-Day. The war wouldn't end until the Japanese surrendered on Sept. 2, 1945. How many World War II veterans remain in the U ...

President Trump made a verbal faux pas during his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, describing D-Day as "not a great day," on Thursday, June 5, ...