Marines came ashore at Normandy by aircraft rather than landing craft on Tuesday to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day due to sea conditions, an official familiar with the demonstration told Task & ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - World leaders spoke solemnly on the 80th anniversary of D-Day about the tens of thousands of Americans who stormed Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, charging into German gunfire in ...

The best time to visit Normandy is June to August. Though this is the height of the peak tourist season – which can last from May to mid-October – this period also promises the most pleasant weather.

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious military assault the world has ever seen. Its success heralded the beginning of the ...

Plan Ahead: Since some of Normandy's D-Day beaches sit roughly 200 miles northwest of Paris, you're in for a full day, but the rolling hills and lush pastures of the French countryside create a scenic ...

The American paratroopers who dropped from the sky into Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, appeared sent from heaven. In the eyes of the people looking up from the ground of occupied France on D-Day, ...

A photograph showing a group of Red Cross nurses disembarking onto a beach from a military ship is frequently shared online, along with the claim that it pictures the woman arriving in Normandy during ...