Veterans and war reenactors return to Normandy, after 2 years of limited activity due to COVID-19 restrictions, to honor Allied soldiers who liberated Europe from Nazis
Edward Shames, the last surviving 'Band of Brothers' officer, remembered for using cognac labeled 'for the Fuhrer’s use only' to toast son's bar mitzvah
Declassifying records, author Leah Garrett uncovers amazing story of X Troop, a unit of German-speaking refugee volunteers determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis at all costs
160 standing stones are inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France in 1944
For 2nd year in a row, anniversary events marked by travel restrictions that prevent veterans or families of fallen soldiers from making trip to France
Small ceremony held a year after tens of thousands came to Normandy beaches to cheer the dwindling number of veterans and celebrate liberation from Nazi oppression
'World War II was created by a madman who thought he could take over control of the world,' says D-Day veteran, but with the virus, 'we still don't know why we are dying'
US president attends 75th anniversary event where French President Emmanuel Macron tells him 'America is never as big as when it is fighting for the freedom of others'
Thousands gather to honor 4,414 Allied troops who died on June 6, 1944, in biggest-ever air and seaborne invasion that began the slow slog across Europe to defeat Nazi Germany
With nonagenarian ex-soldiers taking center stage, UK, France launch 'unprecedented commemorations' of history's largest amphibious attack, the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
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