American inventions proved their worth in the Normandy campaign that began on June 6, 1944. They allowed Allied forces to shoot, move and communicate in the arduous D-Day landings. From floating ...

What was supposed to fall on D-Day took seven weeks and tens of thousands of casualties to secure. The battle for Caen became ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Normandy Campaign, we honor the men and women whose ...

The Penguin Atlas of D-Day: And the Normandy campaign. Penguin Books. Morison, Samuel Eliot (1962). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 11. The invasion of France and ...

Linda Braden Albert Correspondent for The Daily Times Jul 7, 2024 Jul 7, 2024 Retired history teacher Julie Mitchell and Jessie Henderson, winner of the Albert H. Small Normandy Institute History Day ...

Benjamin Patterson and Sonja Czarnecki, a student-teacher duo from Bishop Seabury Academy, visited Normandy, France to honor a World War II veteran from Lawrence. When Benjamin Patterson stood at the ...

FILE - U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Carentan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944. The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day is a mixed bag of ...