Tuesday marks the 79th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, to fight Nazi Germany during World War II. According to the Pentagon, 9,000 Allied ...
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How France Tried to Invade Germany in 1939
In September 1939, following Germany’s invasion of Poland, France launched a limited offensive across the border into the ...
Airplanes may get all the airborne attention when discussing World War II, but military gliders also made huge contributions ...
BELLA VISTA, Ark. — Kenneth B. Smith, a Bella Vista man known to most as KB, is not just turning 100 years old, he’s also embarking on a journey back to France to honor his role in one of the most ...
OMAHA BEACH, France — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, ...
COLLINS • One memory Henry "Howard" Bennett has held on to for over 70 years is when his B-24 bomber flew low over Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy. He'll never forget how the waters were ...
Aug. 12, 1944, was Norbert’s 35th and what would be his final mission just three days before the invasion of Southern France.
BELLA VISTA, Ark. — Kenneth B. Smith, a Bella Vista man known to most as KB, is not just turning 100 years old, he’s also embarking on a journey back to France to honor his role in one of the most ...
D-Day veteran Jake Larson, a 102-year-old who is also a star on TikTok, with 1.2 million followers, greets schoolchildren during a visit Monday, June 2, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, to the Normandy ...
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