Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the ...

France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France ... information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

Veterans Return to Normandy on 78th Anniversary of D-Day and Remember Life-Changing Moments of WWII During their visit to France for this year’s D-Day commemoration, the veterans will be honored ...

The official international ceremony will take place June 6 on Omaha Beach ... Warren Goss also went to France for the 75th D-Day anniversary in 2019. WAC returned to Normandy Connie Jamison ...

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western ...

D-Day had begun ... before rolling up the beach and opening fire. Some were released early and sank, drowning the crews. Image caption, CRAB TANK: The exits to the Normandy beaches were littered ...

Related: D-Day 80th anniversary: Sgt. Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach Flying low ... after flying two missions over Normandy, headed deeper into France and, he said, was ...

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an easy daytrip that's especially popular with travelers interested in seeing Monet's house and gardens or the D-Day Beaches. But if you only ...

DAN SNOW: 7 miles off the coast of Normandy ... on the D Day beaches had a series of objectives and one of them, the most ambitious of those was for the British landing at sword beach.