by WorldTribune Staff, June 6, 2021 The Battle of Normandy, also known as D-Day, began on June 6, 1944 and lasted to August 1944. It resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle included some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces who landed on five beaches […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 6, 2019 The world on Thursday honored the Allied troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944 on D-Day, the assault which precipitated the fall of Hitler’s Third Reich. “You are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live,” U.S. President Donald Trump said at the ceremony […]