But the key part of winning WW II was the invasion of France, hence the planning of the greatest sea and air invasion in history: Operation Overlord. Written and Hosted by Colin D. Heaton.

Louis Marius Prevost, the father of Pope Leo XIV, served on a D-Day landing ship during World War II and later became a junior lieutenant for the U.S. Navy. Since Pope Leo XIV bec ...

Here's what we know about the naming behind D-Day, and why that name was the one that stuck in the history books. The plans for the invasion at Normandy were known as Operation Overlord ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the ... is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile stretch of sand and pop by a number ...

Winston Churchill said that Operation Overlord was 'undoubtedly the ... that will forever be known as D-Day, and then track their hard fought campaign to liberate Paris.

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western ...

codenamed Operation Neptune (part of the larger Operation Overlord) and commonly referred to as D-Day. To mark this significant historical event, which this year marked it's 80th anniversary ...

THE PLANNING OF OPERATION BOLERO BEGAN AS PART OF THE PREPARATION FOR OPERATION OVERLORD, WHICH CULMINATED IN THE D-DAY INVASION OFF THE COAST OF FRANCE TWO YEARS LATER. BOLERO WAS THE CODENAME ...