D-Day

Watch and follow live as events take place across northern France and the UK to remember the Normandy landings.

Moving letters from veterans were read out as ceremonies took place in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, ...

They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in the skies. This is what they saw ... American soldiers huddle inside a landing craft approaching Utah Beach during ...

President Joe Biden will join other world leaders to commemorate the Normandy landings, when Allied forces' surprise attack helped liberate Europe from Nazi ...

The sun has risen again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago on D-Day.

A few days before US President Joe Biden arrived on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a smaller war erupted on GZERO's ...

Among the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks that line the coasts of Britain and France, wildlife is thriving on the wreckage of war.

On June 6, 1944, Allied troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada landed on five stretches of the German-occupied French ...

While the U.S. president's speech will be directed at a global audience, it comes against the backdrop of a fierce domestic political battle with Donald ...

President Joe Biden walks next to a French honour guard after arriving at Orly airport, south of Paris, on June 5, 2024. Evan Vucci/AP.

In France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces' pivotal D-Day landings in Normandy, President Biden honors WWII troops who freed Europe ...

This year's commemoration of the key turning point in WWII carries special resonance with war still raging in Ukraine.

Photographer Luke Sharrett takes us to Normandy as the world remembers World War II's fallen soldiers.

Veterans and world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's King Charles, meet in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...

President Biden opened his speech commemorating D-Day by saluting World War II veterans, who he said "who met the test of ages that moment 80 years ago" on ...

CNN's Melissa Bell reports from an amphibious vehicle in Normandy as France marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

As veterans and world leaders gather to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, here's a look at how the operation unfolded.

Speaking just steps away from where 9,388 members of the US military who participated in the landings are buried, Mr Biden warned democracies across the globe ...

As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago.

Carl Howard Cartledge, Jr., Intelligence and Reconnaissance Section, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne: I was in plane number 44 on the 5th row.

President Joe Biden, French President Emanuel Macron and other world leaders will mark 80 years since allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on ...

Democracies of the world must again stand firm against aggression and tyranny and uphold the spirit of D-Day, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said ...

On D-Day, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. of the 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division ignored enemy fire and courageously led groups of soldiers from ...

President Joe Biden greets U.S. World War II veteran Victor Chaney after French President Emmanuel Macron awarded 11 veterans the Légion d'Honneur at the ...

President Biden said the historic invasion is a reminder of the costs of freedom and democracy — and the value of alliances. He evoked Ukraine, saying the ...

Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France. 2:01 P.M. CEST THE PRESIDENT: The hour had nearly come. Monday, June 5th, 1944.

World War II veterans from US, UK and Canada are in Normandy to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings.

King Charles and the Prince of Wales joined world leaders and veterans at a series of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

CHERBOURG, France — Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) arrived in Cherbourg, France June 3, 2024, ...

They were brave, they were resolute, they were ready,” President Joe Biden said Thursday at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, ...

On June 6, 1944, brave Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a heroic effort to liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi tyranny. We honor the ...

We must remember it, must honor it and live it,” President Joe Biden said on the landings' 80th anniversary.

On June 6, 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt's usual "fireside chat" would be replaced with a joint prayer with the American people.

President Biden said the historic invasion is a reminder of the costs of freedom and democracy — and the value of alliances.

Biden slipped in a plea to Americans: Democracy is a fragile thing and, all these years later, the battle for its survival is still in doubt.

Events are taking place around the world to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.

U.S. Space Force 532nd Training Squadron students, 533rd Training Squadron students, and 1st Delta Operations Squadron students salute the U.S. flag during ...

A large commemoration ...

On the evening of June 6, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast a prayer for the Nation. At the time, war was raging in Europe, and Hitler controlled ...

WASHINGTON — “They were brave, they were resolute, they were ready,” President Joe Biden said Thursday at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha ...

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving the 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day early in order to film a TV interview, ...

Rishi Sunak said that it was a mistake not to stay in France longer to mark the anniversary of the Normandy landings.

President Joe Biden, standing at Pointe du Hoc, said he "refuses to believe that America's greatness is a thing of the past."

“When we talk about democracy – American democracy – we often talk big ideas like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to fly home for an election campaign television ...

A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives has made a commemorative parachute jump at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Story and images of CPO Robert Sargent, “Into the Jaws of Death” photographer.,

Rishi Sunak and his team were unaware they had made a blunder until it was too late, writes Joe Pike.

Opinion. Eighty years after D-Day, these lessons matter more than ever. The Allied invasion of Normandy transformed the world and countless individual lives.

Eighty years ago today, June 6, 1944, 132500 Allied forces stormed ashore on France's Normandy coast to begin the final liberation of Europe from Nazi rule.

A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives has made a commemorative parachute jump at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the 80^th anniversary of D-Day, Senators Susan Collins and Angus King cosponsored a resolution commemorating the historic operation and ...

On June 6, 1944, brave Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a heroic effort to liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi tyranny. We honor the ...

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden lay a wreath in the Normandy American Cemetery following the ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-day on ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a new setback to his election campaign, apologised on Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations early to give an ...