Jack Lieb was too old to enlist in the Armed Forces during World War II, so instead of carrying a rifle, he carried a camera - capturing history as it unfolded. His film, From D-Day to Germany, ...

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 ...

In this episode of Wars of the World, viewers step into the role of a General on the eve of one of history’s most pivotal events - D-Day. Set on June 4, 1944, just two days before the Normandy ...

A group of roughly two dozen veterans from World War II have traveled to Normandy, France for D-Day remembrances. Delta Air Lines and the Best Defense Foundation held a special sendoff. A local World ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The late historian Stephen Ambrose wrote biographies of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, as well as many books about World War II. For histories of the war in Europe, Ambrose ...

When Mary Mullaney answered a knock at the door of her Newark residence in the summer of 1944, she found officials from the U.S. Navy waiting to speak to her. Several of her sons were serving overseas ...

ALTON — The last operating World War II LST, or Landing Ship Tank, will remain docked on the Alton riverfront until Monday, giving people a chance for an up-close view of history. LST 325 (the U.S.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and communities around the world are marking this occasion in various ways that honor the men and women who gave so much during this ...

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Officials in Muscatine are putting the final touches on their annual 9/11 tribute, a ceremony that will not only honor the lives lost in 2001 but also celebrate the 250th anniversary ...