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 Overlord – ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Cheers, applause, and a standing ovation greeted World War II veterans and Holocaust survivors Friday (June 6) at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. The emotional reception ...
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 ...
The National WWII Museum celebrated its 25th anniversary Friday at a remembrance ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the epic air, sea and land campaign that launched the ...
Visiting the D-Day beaches in Normandy is one of the most powerful and sobering experiences you can have in France. Scattered along the coast are remnants of the largest amphibious invasion in history ...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The International Museum of World War II is among the top World War II museums in the world, according to an August article in National Geographic. The small museum on Main Street in ...
More than 20 World War II veterans were honored with a special flight from Charlotte to New Orleans to visit the National WWII Museum. The veterans, who were part of the Soaring Valor program, ...
The US’ National World War II Museum says that a good way to appreciate the significance of D-Day is to imagine what would have happened if the operation had failed. According to the museum, another ...