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Normandy Invasion, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. By the end of August 1944 all of northern France was liberated, and the ...
- D-Day, June 6, 1944
Normandy Invasion - D-Day, WWII, Allies: May 1944 had been...
- D-Day in Pictures
After a prolonged naval and aerial bombardment of German...
- Allied Powers
Denmark and Norway joined the Allies the next year when...
- 2-Min Summary
Normandy Campaign, Allied invasion of northern Europe in...
- Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach, second beach from the west among the five...
- Battle of Berlin
Battle of Berlin, one of the final battles of World War...
- Third Reich
Third Reich, official Nazi designation for the regime in...
- Battle of Kursk
Battle of Kursk, (July 5–August 23, 1943), unsuccessful...
- Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Charter, joint declaration issued on August 14,...
- Tehran Conference
Tehran Conference (November 28–December 1, 1943), meeting of...
- D-Day, June 6, 1944
2 days ago · World War I, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers —mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey —against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917 ...
3 days ago · t. e. Nancy [a] is the prefecture of the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and replaced by a province, with Nancy maintained as capital. Following its rise to prominence in the Age of Enlightenment, it was nicknamed the ...
2 days ago · Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. It became archetypically associated with World War I (1914–1918), when the Race to the Sea rapidly expanded trench use on ...
2 days ago · Photo by Ernest Brooks. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of deaths includes from 9 to 11 million military ...
1 day ago · War is an intense armed conflict [a] between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. [2] It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces.
4 days ago · The Seine River flowing through Paris. Seine River, river of France, after the Loire its longest. It rises 18 miles (30 kilometres) northwest of Dijon and flows in a northwesterly direction through Paris before emptying into the English Channel at Le Havre. The river is 485 miles (780 kilometres) long and with its tributaries drains an area of ...
