D-Day

Biden wanders away at G7 summit before being pulled back by Italian PM

Abhinav Thawait

Politics By Patrick Reilly and Ronny Reyes Published June 13, 2024 Updated June 13, 2024, 5:22 p.m. ET Mamma mia, ...

Women codebreakers knew some of the biggest secrets of WWII — including plans for the D-Day invasion. But most took their stories to the grave.

Gregory Daniels

Before 150,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy for the military operation that would later be known as D-Day, ...

Protesters steal ceremonial flags and scrawl anti-Macron graffiti in D-Day town

Gregory Daniels

As a criminal inquiry was launched, suspects included Brittany patriots who object to their region being run from Paris. Mr ...

D-Day landing in Normandy captured in grandmother’s diary

Abhinav Thawait

Scribbled in French shorthand, Louise Hamel’s diary still captures the power of the moment ‘It was very intense’: Vets travel ...

Biden meets U.S. WWII veterans as he and allies mark 80th anniversary of D-Day in France

Elaine Hadley

President Biden and key U.S. allies were in Normandy Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S.-led allied forces’ ...

Here’s how the invasion unfolded.

Abhinav Thawait

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious military assault ...

Gov. Tim Walz to travel to France for 80th anniversary of D-Day

Elaine Hadley

How lawmakers will mark 80 years since D-Day Group of U.S. lawmakers marking 80 years since D-Day invasion by recreating ...

Parachute jump from WWII-era planes kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Elaine Hadley

Parachutists hurled themselves from World War II-era planes into the now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, kicking off ...