To recognize this landmark event, Stacker compiled a list of 50 facts and figures that defined the historic landings. Sources include the D-Day Center, the Department of Defense, and the White House, ...

Eighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...

PARIS, June 3 (Reuters) - American, British, Canadian and French leaders will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday. Here are some facts about the Allies' D-Day landings in Normandy on ...

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. Uncredited / ASSOCIATED ...

Five years into World War II, the Allies were squeezing the Nazis from two sides. In Western Europe, Allied forces had managed to slow Adolf Hitler's ruthless expansion across the continent. Meanwhile ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — The June 6, 1944, D-day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a ...