D-Day

Today, it’s a sleepy town not far from the sea, but in the wee, pre-dawn hours of the morning on June 6, 1944, Sainte-Mère-Eglise was wide awake. Fires and the ...

PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron gave one of France's highest honours on Friday to Leon Gautier, the last surviving member ...

Commentary On June 6, 1944, the United States and its British and Canadian allies launched a long-awaited invasion ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France—When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, ...

Commentary This Sunday marks the 77th anniversary of the greatest gamble in World War II. On June 6, ...

Commentary By some estimates, 2,520 veterans of the D-Day operation, the largest amphibious invasion in history, remain alive ...

World War II veteran Henry Ochsner, who was in the first group of soldiers to land on Nazi-occupied ...

President Donald Trump’s long-anticipated visit to Europe during the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion has now come ...

An American World War II veteran and his former French sweetheart were reunited after 75 years when he ...

PORTSMOUTH, England—I make old soldiers cry. Old sailors, too. And airmen. Even Marines. Makes no difference. I know ...

A 95-year-old American veteran was thrilled when he received a high-five from First Lady Melania Trump during the D-Day ...

President Donald Trump praised the veterans who were in Europe on D-Day, telling them, "You are among the ...

COURSEULLES-SUR-MER, France—Thousands of Canadians will gather on a stretch of beach on the coast of Normandy in France ...

History is only remembered by stories, and it can be lost in a moment when we lose the ...

President Donald Trump and other world leaders attended a D-Day commemoration event in England on June 5, each speaking to the ...

World leaders gather to mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Mexico's foreign minister meets with Vice President Mike ...

PORTSMOUTH, United Kingdom—The terrible and tragic story of the Second World War played out in an elaborate ceremony ...

The Allies' victory 75 years ago in the battle of D-Day was hard-won by the men on the ...

President Donald Trump and other world leaders attended a D-Day commemoration event in England on June 5, each ...

HALIFAX—Some of the most vivid film footage of the D-Day landings 75-years ago was shot by a Canadian ...

PORTSMOUTH, United Kingdom—The terrible and tragic story of the Second War played out in an elaborate ceremony in ...

The first visitors center was inaugurated at the Normandy American Cemetery in 2007. A half dozen others have ...

TORONTO—On June 6, 1944, Jim Parks of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles was among about 14,000 Canadians who landed in ...

OTTAWA—D-Day: the letter stands for nothing, but the term itself represents a great deal more. It conjures indelible ...

BEDFORD, Va.—Marguerite Cottrell remembers the summer day 75 years ago when a Western Union telegram was delivered to ...

Sir Winston Churchill stoutly disapproved when the code-name for the beach on which Canadians would land on the 6th of ...