One of the most dramatic and unexpected events of WWII, was the collapse of France and the Low Countries in 1940. France was ...

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PLABENNEC, France — As the world commemorated the 80th anniversary this year of the D-Day landings at Normandy and the liberation of Europe from the Nazis, one French family finally began to ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...

This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Chief Photographer ...

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 ...

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

He added, “Today, we pay particular tribute to the Moroccan soldiers whose role was decisive in reclaiming our freedom. The Moroccan people stood beside France during some of the most painful ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago.World War II veterans, now mostly ...