Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, 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 ...

Dad's Secret War: France 1944 is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

of the eternal France.” De Gaulle’s oration, according to Patrick Bishop, author of Paris 1944: Occupation, Resistance, ...

STAR-ADVERTISER FILE The Honor Guard of 442nd Regimental Combat Team outside Bruyeres, France, in November 1944. The Army on Saturday moved to dampen public outrage over removing online content about ...

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after what the French described as a mutiny ...