A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary Eighty years ago, the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 didn't play out perfectly.

The offensive, which strained an already weakened Germany, helped bring about the end of World War II less than a year later. D-Day, the largest land, sea, and air invasion ever attempted ...

Allied Operation Anvil-Dragoon in action: troops of the 1st Airborne Task Force parachute into southern France during World War Two, circa August 1944.

World War II Veteran, Sgt. George Reitmeier has departed Greenville-Spartanburg International and is headed to France for the 79th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

New Orleans museum works to preserve the stories of World War II veterans 02:31. More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ...

Stewart served in World War II and was stationed in Europe on D-Day. Due to segregation at the time, African-American soldiers were not allowed to fight alongside white soldiers.

When Benjamin Patterson stood at the grave of a 23-year-old World War II combat engineer from North Lawrence, he didn’t just ...

President Donald Trump mocked France for its celebrations marking 80 years since the Allied victory in Europe in World War II, and said the U.S. should do more to acknowledge its own leading role ...

For Yuriy Savchuk, the director of Ukraine's War Museum, Russia's invasion has stark parallels with the fight for survival his country waged during World War II. As both Russia and Ukraine gear up ...

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

In France, a family reckons with World War II ... U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf as they land at Normandy in the days following the Allies' June 1944 D-Day invasion of occupied France.