Operation Avalanche was the allied invasion of Italy at Salerno during World War II and is known as "The Forgotten D-Day".

The invasion of Normandy wasn't accomplished strictly through American forces. Meet the 3rd Canadian infantry division that ...

A 100-year-old RAF veteran who will be leading VE Day processions on Monday has recalled being “gobsmacked” after bumping into his father by chance during the Allied invasion of Normandy.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in a matter of days. He wanted to overthrow the pro-Western ...

Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regimental Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division as part of the second wave of the invasion, the Defense POW ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...

A soldier from Virginia who died on D-Day has been accounted for 81 years ... The day after the invasion, Thornton's unit searched for him, but he was not found. He was officially listed as ...

China is reportedly developing a new class of amphibious platforms known as Shuiqiao—translated as “water bridges”—to facilitate a potential future invasion of Taiwan ... used by Allied forces during ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple ...

The first part includes computer-based drills using a US system to prepare for a worst-case situation, a full Chinese invasion ... used by Allied forces on D-Day in 1944. China is also building ...

A magistrate has admonished a teenage boy involved in a violent home invasion, telling him he had “thrown away every opportunity” to turn his life around. The 17-year-old appeared in a ...

Article continues after sponsor message In the realm of science and technology, April 17, 1961, marked a significant yet tragic moment during the Cold War when the Bay of Pigs Invasion began.