HBO's hit show Band of Brothers is based on the real experiences of Easy Company, a parachute rifle company Actors from the HBO TV show Band of Brothers are planning to parachute into Normandy to ...

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.

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide in the war and helped lead to the fall of ...

NORMANDY, Mo. — Mark Beckmann says the past year as the mayor of the city of Normandy has not been smooth because he's been in a constant battle. "It's been rough, " he said. His opponents since he ...

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 ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf ...

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 ...

American troops clear wreckage in Saint-Lô, Normandy, 1944.Frank Scherschel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images The ruins left behind after warfare speak a language of their own. Even more ...