The circular plaque, on the wall of Customs House, acknowledges the town's contribution during Operation Overlord in 1944. It ...

La Fière Bridge on D-Day And The Battle For The Causeway from the 6th to the 9th June 1944, would be one of the most vital battles fought during WW2 in the battle for Normandy.

Between June 6 and June 9, 1944, some of the most brutal fighting of D-Day took place at La Fière Bridge, where the 82nd Airborne Division held off repeated German counterattacks to secure the ...

The battle that ensued is known historically as ... his fortunes that had begun when Allied troops landed in France on D-Day. Seeking to drive to the coast of the English Channel and split the ...

One week after the Allied victory on D-Day, de Gaulle returned to French soil ... He suffered his worst defeat in battle during his September 1944 attempt to cross the Rhine River at the Dutch ...

In a battle that will rage for six months ... and descends into enemy territory. June 6: D-Day. Over 160,000 Allied troops and 30,000 vehicles are landed along a 50-mile stretch of fortified ...

On its walls and columns are inscribed the names of the 22,440 men and two women in British units who lost their lives on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy. His health permitting, ...

Even the references to the previous happier relationship with America was couched in terms of a "bond forged in battle." "We stormed the beaches at Normandy together on D-Day, fighting to liberate ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government has depicted the province on a battle footing against the ... with references to Winston Churchill, D-Day and the fight against Nazism.