On the eve of the D-Day invasion, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower spent the remaining hours of daylight with the paratroopers who were about to jump behind German lines into occupied France. A single moment ...

On the 6th of June 1944, D-Day commenced. The largest amphibious operation in history marked the start of the liberation of ...

FILE PHOTO: Paratroopers jump into Normandy to pay tribute to the soldiers who parachuted in on D-Day in Sannerville, Normandy PARIS (Reuters) - British paratroopers recreating an airdrop behind ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...

The June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy involved the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, ...

Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, made up of major forces from the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada and 12 other Allied nations. Some 23,400 airborne troops landed in Normandy from 822 ...

SANNERVILLE, FranceSANNERVILLE, France — There was a contemporary twist for British paratroopers, who parachuted into the historic D-Day drop zone in Normandy to recreate the airborne part of the ...

ATHENS - It took a certain breed of soldier to jump 1,000 feet from an airplane into hostile territory, but it took a flawless eye for detail to do the job of F.L. Jones. The Army aerial engineer ...

Santa Barbara’s Art Petersen, about to turn 100, fought as a paratrooper with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II, seeing action during the historic Normandy ...

Widely seen as a turning point in World War II, the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day, has long been the subject of viral rumors with varying levels of legitimacy. As the ...

PARIS (Reuters) - British paratroopers recreating an airdrop behind German defences to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day were met by French customs officials at a makeshift border checkpost. Moments ...