In France, rival dukes and counts, who were not completely under the direct control of the King, vied for supremacy, including those in Normandy, Brittany and Anjou. The peasantry began to gather ...

NORMANDY, France — A sunrise over any beach is beautiful. Peaceful. And when you're the only one walking on the sand it's perfect. But this isn't just any beach. This place is part of D-Day history.

Across the Normandy coast where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe on D-day and helped precipitate his downfall 11 months later, Allied ...

Europe At 98, D-Day Veteran Medic Returns To Normandy To Remember A Generation's Sacrifice “Part of the reason World War II happened is Europe’s inaction,” he says.

World leaders and veterans gather in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France in a major turning ...