(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 ...

Prologue -- Germany First -- ARCADIA -- "We've Got to Go to Europe and Fight" -- The Mediterranean Tar Baby -- Casablanca to COSSAC -- Brits and Yanks -- "Some Damn ...

This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Chief Photographer's ...

NAPLES, Italy — As Allied forces stormed Nazi-occupied territory in France on D-Day, it became clear that the peril soldiers faced at Omaha Beach threatened the effort to liberate Europe from German ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Europe this week to meet with his NATO counterparts and participate in the annual commemoration of the D-Day assault critical to the Allied victory in ...

Classified World War II maps utilized by Allied forces during the legendary D-Day invasion are set to be auctioned - after being discovered tucked away in a cardboard box. The remarkable collection, ...

A set of top-secret WW2 maps that were crucial to the success of the Allied forces during the iconic D-Day landings was discovered in a cardboard box. The maps, which were snagged for a mere £10 ($13) ...

August: The Russians and the Germans sign a non-aggression pact. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin agree not to invade each other's borders. The two leaders secretly plan to divide Poland and other parts ...

OUISTREHAM, France — The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first morsel of one of World War II’s most closely guarded secrets: Prepare yourselves, ...

(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. (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D ...