After much of Europe had been occupied by the Axis powers for four years, the Allies finally launched their campaign to liberate Western Europe, codenamed Operation Overlord, on 6 June 1944.

U.S. military personnel and equipment will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord ... and a commemorative airborne operation on June 9. This event will also include Allied ...

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from their paratrooper training ahead of Operation Overlord, through the Normandy landing and the invasion of Germany, and eventually ...