The modern-day aerial footage is accompanied by interviews with World War II veterans, mixed with archival footage of the June 6, 1944 “D-Day” invasion, along with newly created maps and photo ...
On 6 June 1944, British, US and Canadian forces invaded the coast of Normandy in northern France. The landings were the first stage of Operation Overlord - the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe ...
The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II. Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the ...
He became a 1st Class Seaman and was later part of the allied troops that stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II ...
Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy ... 150 World War II veterans returning there for commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion ...