Normandy landings

First day of the Allied invasion of France in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II

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The Normandy landings were the landing 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 was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

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Coronavirus: D-Day veteran Harold Pearsall dies, aged 97 Harold Pearsall, who was 97, had tested positive for Covid-19 while in hospital. BBC News - Published 47 minutes ago
Harry Billinge: Cornwall D-Day veteran appointed MBE Harry Billinge, 94, raised more than £25,000 towards the cost of building a national memorial. BBC News - Published on March 3, 2020
Leicestershire D-Day veteran, 98, awarded Legion d'Honneur Albert Evans' granddaughter says they had to persuade him to accept France's highest honour. BBC News - Published on February 2, 2020

New Year Honours: MBE for D-Day veteran Harry Billinge The 94-year-old is honoured for his fundraising including for the British Normandy Memorial. BBC News - Published on December 28, 2019
Portsmouth D-Day veteran John Jenkins MBE dies aged 100 John Jenkins had a standing ovation from world leaders at D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth. BBC News - Published on December 17, 2019
Lord Bramall death: Former head of British Army dies aged 95 The former head of the British Army, Lord Bramall, who took part in the Normandy landings, has died at the age of 95. Independent - Published on November 12, 2019

Remembrance Day: What does it mean to this D-Day veteran and schoolboy? Jack Mortimer, 96, meets Leeds schoolboy Sinar, 10, discuss what Remembrance Day represents. BBC News - Published on November 10, 2019
Ayodhya D-day: Centre sends paramilitary forces to UP, RPF steps up vigil, cancels leave IndiaTimes - Published on November 7, 2019
This is D-Day for the nation's recycling crisis A meeting of state and federal ministers on Friday will be of generational significance as Australia buries mountains of waste that should be recycled. The Age - Published on November 7, 2019
Reporter's Notebook: Commemorating D-Day Margaret Brennan reflects on this week's commemorative events in Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. CBS News - Published on November 1, 2019

First boys rescued from Thai cave A dangerous diving operation is under way right now in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded maze of caves where they've been trapped for two weeks. The.. CBS News - Published on November 1, 2019
Gen. Eisenhower and the D-Day invasion David Eisenhower, grandson of the general who commanded the greatest military operation of history's most terrible war, talks with David Martin about the legacy of D-Day, and of the decisions made and.. CBS News - Published on November 1, 2019
A WWII-era veteran returns to the air A World War II-era Douglas C-47 military transport plane dubbed "Miss Montana" had been parked in a museum for nearly two decades after a career transporting firefighters in Montana. Now, with its.. CBS News - Published on November 1, 2019	Calendar: Week of June 3 From the 75th anniversary of D-Day to the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's "1984," "Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports. CBS News - Published on November 1, 2019
Andy Rooney on D-Day: "A day unlike any other" Back in 2004, the 60 Minutes commentator, who had been a war correspondent during WWII, remembered what he saw on Utah Beach 75 years ago CBS News - Published on October 31, 2019	D-Day for Bernie Brookes and Myer in profit downgrade class action Last month former Myer boss Bernie Brookes found himself on the front page after handing out unwanted advice about how to save the entire department store industry. The Age - Published on October 23, 2019
Trump Says the Kurds ‘Didn’t Help’ at Normandy. Here’s the History. Kurds may not have been present at the D-Day landings, but there is evidence some fought for the Allies during World War II. NYTimes.com - Published on October 10, 2019	Trump: Kurdish fighters 'didn't help us in Second World War' The US president says Kurdish fighters "didn't help us with [the D-Day landings in] Normandy". BBC News - Published on October 10, 2019
'I’m going to do it until I’m 100': At 98, D-Day vet Tom Rice parachutes again Tom Rice, a 98-year-old World War II veteran, landed a tandem jump commemorating the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands. USATODAY.com - Published on September 19, 2019	98-year-old veteran is still leaping out of planes Jump by jump, 98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice is nudging closer to his goal of leaping out of planes at age 100. (Sept. 19) USATODAY.com - Published on September 19, 2019
98-year-old D-Day veteran continues to parachute on Operation Market Garden anniversary Tom Rice, a 98-year-old World War II veteran, landed a tandem jump commemorating the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands. USATODAY.com - Published on September 19, 2019	U.S's oldest living WWII veteran celebrates his 110th birthday This year marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion in Normandy that ultimately led to Germany's surrender. Today, about 500,000 American WWII veterans who served in Europe, the Pacific and.. CBS News - Published on September 13, 2019
Bristol D-Day plaques vandal owns up and sends cash An anonymous confession and more than £200 in cash was sent to a local newspaper. BBC News - Published on September 11, 2019	4 days to D-Day: World waits with bated breath for Chandrayaan-2 Moon landing If the Moon landing is successful, India will become the first country in the world to land in lunar south pole, the region that is supposed to be rich in minerals and water ice. IndiaTimes - Published on September 2, 2019
Essex field dug up as US military search for WW2 airman's remains The B-26 bomber crewman died when his plane crashed and exploded in Essex two days before D-Day. BBC News - Published on September 1, 2019	Make or break in Italy to form new government Wednesday is D-Day for fraught negotiations to form a new Italian government, failing which the eurozone’s third largest economy will be forced to hold fresh elections. France 24 - Published on August 28, 2019
Derbyshire D-Day veteran gets surprise ride in WW2 'Duck' Bill Millward was hoisted by crane into an amphibious DUKW vehicle known as the "Duck". BBC News - Published on August 24, 2019	Derbyshire D-Day veteran, 94, honoured with Jeep Ron Minton travelled in a World War Two Jeep to unveil a Commonwealth War Graves Commission plaque. BBC News - Published on August 23, 2019
France commemorates its 'forgotten' African veterans French President Emmanuel Macron will mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Southern France on Thursday, August 15. Known as the other D-Day , this second landing involved the massive.. WorldNews - Published on August 15, 2019	The other D-Day: 1944 Provence landings This week, France in Focus heads to the southern port city of Toulon, which is home to the French Navy's main base. It was here on August 15, 1944, that the Allied invasion of southern France began. We.. France 24 - Published on August 15, 2019
7/26/19: CBSN Evening News American returns home from detainment in Syria; Relic from Normandy invasion returns home. CBS News - Published on July 27, 2019	Chandrayaan-2: Scientists will face 15 minutes of terror on D-day, Isro chief says IndiaTimes - Published on July 22, 2019
Greta Thunberg Holds Up D-Day Veteran’s Call to Avert Collapse of Civilization Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday urged people to recognize “the link between climate and ecological emergency and mass migration, famine, and war” as she was given the first “Freedom.. WorldNews - Published on July 22, 2019	Bullet-riddled U.S. flag that survived D-Day comes home 75 years later Shot through by German machine gun bullets and tattered by the wind, an American flag that flew on the first U.S. invading ship on D-Day came home on Thursday in a White House ceremony. Reuters - Published on July 18, 2019
July 18 D-Day for Congress-JD(S) govt in Karnataka The coalition is making a final bid to woo back rebel MLAs. 'We'll prove majority,' CM Kumaraswamy said DNA - Published on July 15, 2019	From Hollywood fashion to the moon: Summer 2019's best American museum exhibits Museums are focusing on the anniversaries of the moon landing and D-Day as well as baseball cards, fashion, Mickey Mouse, mummies and movies. USATODAY.com - Published on July 12, 2019
Resistance hero flies in Spitfire of D-Day pilot he rescued Albert Souetaert was just 15 when he saved a Canadian pilot, after seeing him shot down in Normandy. BBC News - Published on July 11, 2019	95-year-old WWII vet crossing U.S. to raise money for Navy ship Our series A More Perfect Union aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment we meet Ernie Andrus, who is running from coast to coast to raise.. CBS News - Published on July 4, 2019
99-year-old World War II veteran recalls Normandy experience Steve Melnikoff, a 99-year-old World War II, shares his Normandy experience in the days following D-Day. USATODAY.com - Published on June 20, 2019	6/6/19: Red and Blue Negotiating with Mexico to avoid Trump's tariffs; Trump honoring D Day vets on 75th anniversary CBS News - Published on June 17, 2019
6/6: CBSN AM President. Trump, World leaders commemorate D-Day; Invasion veteran parachutes into Normandy CBS News - Published on June 17, 2019	'I always loved you': D-Day veteran reunited with French love, 75 years later K.T. Robbins thought he'd never see Jeannine Ganaye again. During the D-Day anniversary, the two reunited 75 years after falling in love in France. USATODAY.com - Published on June 14, 2019
Gosport D-Day veteran appeals for help to find lost medal The medal fell off as he attended a D-Day commemorative event on HMS Belfast. BBC News - Published on June 13, 2019	D-Day for Adani's Carmichael mine after a decade of talks Adani has committed to re-running the hydrological modeling within two years behind its controversial plan to prevent underground water sources near its Carmichael coal mine running dry as tense talks.. The Age - Published on June 12, 2019
He Couldn’t Talk About What He Saw in World War II. So He Painted It. The aristocrat-turned-commando Guy de Montlaur was a hero of the French liberation. His paintings of D-Day depict scenes that haunted him his entire life. NYTimes.com - Published on June 12, 2019	Swastikas spray-painted across commemorative D-Day bench, say police Lincolnshire site was used during Second World War for aircraft taking off for Normandy Independent - Published on June 10, 2019
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AP Top Stories 9 P Here's the latest for Sunday, June 9th: Protesters flood Hong Kong streets; Japan's finance minister warns of global growth disruption; Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter returns to Sunday school after.. USATODAY.com - Published on June 10, 2019