D-Day at 80: One more mission to Normandy for the greatest generation
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Biden seeks sharp contrast to Trump for D-Day in France
President Biden leaves for France on Tuesday evening and will spend the rest of the week attempting to draw a sharp contrast with his 2024 political opponent, former President Trump, in terms of values and international leadership. Biden will join other world leaders in commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings and deliver a […]
World War II’s D-Day: Photos reveal world’s largest amphibious invasion
Eighty years ago, the Normandy landings (also known as Operation Neptune) were the largest invasion in history. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, liberating Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The Normandy landings took place on June 6, 1944, almost a year before Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II.
American WWII veterans travel to France for 80th anniversary of D-Day
A veteran’s story of surviving D-Day 98-year-old World War II veteran Jack Gutman talks about serving as a medic on Omaha Beach at just 18 years old on the day of the Normandy landings, where he cared for countless wounded and killed soldiers. Listen to “The Untold Story” interview on FoxNewsPodcasts.com. A group of 60 […]
American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on celeb birthstones and birthplaces, plus salutes to D-Day and Old Glory
American Culture Quiz! How much do you know about this week’s quiz topic? (Getty Images/iStock) App users: Click here to take the quiz! Fox News Digital’s American Culture Quiz offers eight new questions each week that test your understanding of America’s unique national character, trends, history, people and popular interests. This week’s quiz uncovers the […]
Normandy Parachute Jump Opens D-Day 80th Anniversary Commemorations
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists dropped from a World War II-era plane and soared into the now peaceful skies of Normandy on Sunday, kicking off a week of ceremonies for the fast-fading generation of Allied soldiers who fought from the beaches of the Normandy landings 80 years ago to the downfall of Adolf Hitler and […]
World War II vets fly to France ahead of D-Day anniversary
More than 60 World War II veterans flew from Dallas to France on Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. This heroic group, ranging in age from 90 to a staggering 107, was welcomed aboard an American Airlines charter flight by thousands of appreciative onlookers waving Stars and Stripes. The group will […]
Women of D-Day: while men stormed the beaches, women worked as codebreakers, ship plotters, radar operators
On D-Day, as soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, hundreds of thousands of women served as code breakers, shipping planners, radar operators and cartographers. During World War II, over 1.1 million women served in the Western Allied armies, of which 640,000 served in the British Army. In total, around seven million British women served their […]
Biden to mark D-Day anniversary with remarks in France
The White House announced Thursday that President Biden will deliver a speech in France next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Biden will visit Normandy on June 5 and deliver a speech on the 6th. He will then take part in other events with first lady Jill Biden on the anniversary, […]
D-Day veteran, 101, heads to France for 80th anniversary of Normandy landings
Jake Larson, a 101-year-old Army veteran and survivor of the Normandy landings, is preparing to travel to France to mark the 80th anniversary of the historic invasion. A Minnesota native, Larson enlisted in the National Guard as a teenager and then transferred to the Army’s V Corps for the Normandy landings. Larson has garnered more […]