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What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
Editorial: On D-Day anniversary, remember the heroes who liberated Europe
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months,” Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower ...
WWII veterans speak of sacrifice and freedom on France's D-Day battlefields, 81 years later
The D-Day generation is smaller in number than ever but back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 ...
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From a Cipher Machine to Rare Documents—WWII Artifacts Hit the Auction Block
Boston’s RR Auctions is offering an auction of over 170 autographs and artifacts, with some focus on World War II relics.
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Hegseth to implore NATO allies to spend more on defense, participate in D-Day commemoration in Europe
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Europe this week to meet with his NATO counterparts and participate in the ...
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Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff Friday to honor WWII solider killed on D-Day
Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half-staff on Friday, June 6 to honor a fallen soldier ...
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WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died ... the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Allied invasion that is being held on Thursday.
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Flags once carried by fallen Japanese soldiers in WWII returned to families by 2 Long Island collectors
Allied troops traded for the flags or took them as souvenirs ... only 71,974 Americans remain missing from all theaters of World War II. Kazufumai Hamai, a Teikyo University historian whose ...