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1 day ago · The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
- 6 June 1944
- Allied victory [8]
4 days ago · The Englishmen vowed when they saw the Pacific Ocean that one day they would sail its waters – which Drake would do years later as part of his circumnavigation of the world.
2 days ago · Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters ...
2 days ago · Who would have thought controversy surrounds the 'Great Southland of the Holy Spirit'? Four hundred years ago sailors and explorers were the heroic adventurers of their day. Religion, rewards and reputation drove many to sail beyond the horizon into the unknown.
5 days ago · Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville was a Canadian naval officer who, with his brother, established the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana.
5 days ago · For tommorow Lyrics: No more restraints / Cold embrace of Atonement / Froze up and broke all of the Chains / Prone to wait for a soul to show up and shoulder the weight / Not anymore I've noticed...
4 days ago · The pirates are in hot pursuit because they are once again missing a piece of the Aztec gold. Once the Pearl catches up to the Interceptor, and the pirates prepare to board, Sparrow suggests to Barbossa that he go on ahead and negotiate the medallion's return.
