A study conducted in the USA revealed that about 4% of the sand on Omaha Beach is made up of tiny fragments of shrapnel.

It was 82 years ago that Gen. Eisenhower's chief meteorologist made one of the most important weather forecasts of all time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified ...

D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in warfare history, involving more than 150,000 Allied troops, and was a key turning point in the Second World War.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, became the largest amphibious military assault the world had ever seen.

American and French flags lie next to headstones at the US cemetery to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Saturd ...

Beneath the roar of gunfire and the chaos of D-day, an unlikely hero played a vital role—wetland science. Often overlooked amid military strategies and troop movements, the study of mud proved ...

The new Brendan Fraser movie, Pressure, is the latest Hollywood attempt at telling a fresh story about one specific battle in World War II that has been explored numerous times. D-Day was also called ...