CHICAGO -- Vietnam veteran Jerome Weatherspoon has a special hobby. Weatherspoon, a 67-year-old retiree, reconstructed the battle scene of the Invasion of Normandy, complete with replica war planes ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

A long-lost diary from a Chinese officer is shedding light on a lesser-known part of D-Day history. Found by urban explorers ...

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 ...

Tucked away in a secluded industrial quayside in south Wales, a "forgotten veteran" of World War Two is hiding in plain sight ...

D-Day veterans discuss the challenges they faced at the invasion of Normandy. NORMANDY, France, June 5, 2009 — -- You can learn the most interesting things riding on a train. The train I'd chosen ...

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 ...

(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. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...

WIESBADEN, Germany — Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set the standard for coalition warfare. The lessons ...

American WWII veteran Gideon Kantor attends ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. (AP ...