Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte d’Or, or “golden coast.” Since June 6, 1944, ...

The military history and culinary traditions of Normandy, France meet in a tasteful and secretive enclave behind the walls of a 12th-century castle, a short distance from D-Day landmarks Omaha Beach ...

Dad rarely talked much about the war, but when he did, he always mentioned the wide sandy plain of Omaha Beach and how far it was from the surf to any safe haven in face of German sharpshooters and ...

Last week some of us were working on a display at the Blount Historical Museum. We looked closely at two jars of sand from the beaches assigned to the Americans on D-Day. One is a jar of sand from ...

Venture to this underrated, windswept beach in Normandy to see D-Day museums, paratrooper memorials, and historic sites where ...

One of war photographer Robert Capa's images shows a wave of troops arriving on the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Robert Capa via National Museum of American History Between the villages of Vierville-sur ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy ...

A jacket, coin and letter reveal what life was like for the brave soldiers who turned the tide of World War II on the Western Front Frank A. Blazich Jr., PhD One of war photographer Robert Capa’s ...