Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile stretch of sand and ...

“Weymouth was a major embarkation point for the Americans who went to Omaha Beach and it should not have been overlooked like this. “It’s a good job that those who planned D-Day didn’t ...

Related: D-Day 80th anniversary: Sgt. Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach Flying low, between 5,000 and 8,000 feet, the small six-man B-26 Marauder bombed the beaches.

Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...

tells the story of how the D-Day landings were planned. The Battle for Omaha. videoThe Battle for Omaha In this short film for secondary schools veterans of the Omaha Beach landings in Normandy ...

I would never have had the opportunity to exist and to benefit from all of the good fortune that those who gave up their lives at Omaha Beach and the other beaches were denied. For me, D-Day is a ...