Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France ... more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

But even at its hottest, Normandy usually only sees an average of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. If you're visiting the D-Day Beaches in June, know that your visit may coincide with the annual ...

About a month before the Allied invasion of a 50-mile stretch of beaches in Normandy, France, Leonard Zerlin, then a 20-year-old B-26 turret gunner in the U.S. Army Air Corps, had a sense ...

But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France.

2024 4:01 a.m. Warren Goss watched as soldiers in front of him dropped — struck down by enemy fire — after the ramp of his Higgins boat lowered near Utah Beach in Normandy, France. Goss ...

President Joe Biden would be speaking at the Normandy American Cemetery almost 12 hours later to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach, the deadliest of the ...