Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...
On the morning of June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day, marked a turning point in World War II. Over 150,000 troops landed on French soil, launching one of the largest ...
June 1944 - amid the flooded fields of Normandy, the 101st Airborne Division fought a desperate battle to capture the town of ...