D-Day at 80: Memories of Liberation
More than 150,000 U.S. and Allied troops were huddled inside rain-soaked camps scattered throughout southeast England on June 6, 1944, when Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s voice suddenly crackled over the radio: “You are about to embark on the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
All eyes on D-Day heroes 80 years later: Biden, world leaders mark milestone anniversary
U.S. President Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and a slew of world leaders — along with a dwindling few of the now-elderly soldiers, sailors and airmen who listened to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s address on June 6, 1944 —- will assemble again on the North Atlantic beaches of Normandy to commemorate what remains to this day still the largest amphibious operation in history.
Biden hails global alliances, bravery of aging veterans at D-Day commemoration
President Biden on Thursday hailed the U.S. and Allied forces who stormed the beaches of Normandy 80 years ago, saying they overcame a tyrant who thought “the future belonged to dictators.”
Ukraine hits Russian oil facilities as President Zelenskyy joins leaders at D-Day events in France
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and a fuel depot in Russian border regions, officials in the targeted areas said Thursday, in Kyiv’s ongoing effort to disrupt the Kremlin’s war machine and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought further Western support in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.
As the world marks 80th anniversary of D-Day landings, renewed war in Europe is on minds of many
Leaders, veterans and visitors from around the world paid tribute Thursday to the D-Day generation in moving ceremonies on and around the Normandy beaches where the Allies landed exactly 80 years ago, with the war in Ukraine on the minds of many and a common message that tyranny cannot be permitted to prevail.
WATCH: President Biden greets WWII veterans at D-Day ceremony
U.S. President Joe Biden greeted World War II veterans while in Normandy, France for ceremonies honoring the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday.
Hour by hour: A brief timeline of the Allies’ June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France
A brief timeline of events on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
King Charles III honors a generation that fought, died and waited for freedom
King Charles III came to northern France on Thursday to honor the 22,442 British troops who died in the Battle of Normandy.
The sun rises over Normandy’s beaches on D-Day’s 80th anniversary
French President Emmanuel Macron told D-Day veterans on Thursday that ”France will never forget” their battle to liberate Europe from the Nazis.
Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II
The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe and change the course of World War II.
The Reagan Library remembers D-Day on 80th anniversary
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday with a gathering of historians, military veterans, and politicians who will reflect on the enduring impact of Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings. Panelists will take a historical look at our world 80 years ago, and address the implications of President Reagan’s Peace through Strength policies on today’s world.
A Ships Act to secure America’s naval power
Eighty years ago today, on D-Day, the United States and its allies assembled one of the greatest armadas in history to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.
WATCH: Paratroopers jump into D-Day drop zone to recreate liberation of Normandy 80 years ago
Hundreds of paratroopers from several nations parachuted into a historic D-Day drop zone in France on Wednesday to recreate the airborne liberation of Normandy 80 years ago.
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy’s 20,000 civilian dead
Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler’s forces couldn’t help but notice the hungry French boy by the side of the road, hoping for handouts.
Biden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western alliances face threats at home and abroad
United States President Joe Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in France this week as he tries to demonstrate steadfast support for European security at a time when some allies fear Donald Trump threatens to upend American commitments if he wins another term in the White House.
WWII’s last surviving vets, many of them now centenarians, return to France likely for one last time
Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day.
Honoring fathers, emancipation, and the patriotism and sacrifice of the men of D-Day
When June rolls around, it means some good things and other things we should not forget.
Biden likely to meet with Zelenskyy on sidelines of D-Day event
President Biden will highlight the impact of U.S. veterans and allies from the D-Day invasion of 80 years ago and could meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the remembrance in France this week, the White House said Tuesday.
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat.
A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He’s finally being posthumously honored
Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under heavy enemy fire.
American veterans to be feted in France as part of 80th anniversary of D-Day
Hilbert Margol says he didn’t look on himself as a hero when his U.S. Army artillery unit fought its way across Europe during World War II. But he will be feted in France as one of 60 American veterans of that conflict traveling to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
France nixes plans to include Russia in 80th anniversary D-Day celebrations next week
The French government has ordered an about-face and won’t invite Russia to participate in ceremonies next week marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings in Normandy.
Biden to make first state visit to France, speak on D-Day anniversary
President Biden will make his first state visit to France next week upon marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with remarks, the White House and French President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced Thursday.
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