France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II.

Two World War II veterans were home from Normandy ... the war was won and the Germans knew it." France at the time was under Nazi occupation. Edson, now 100, was a welder in Brooklyn before ...

With France conquered, Germany plans a knockout blow to Britain ... and the most destructive war in history comes to an end. WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion, launched?

A French Algerian soldier guards captured German troops at Ste Marthe ... flanked by war veterans - paid his respects to Senegalese WW2 soldiers in France Among the many African soldiers who ...

Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. May: As Germany marches into Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Winston Churchill replaces a disgraced Neville Chamberlain ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has extended his condolences and solidarity to the German nation, in the wake of Friday's ...