Field Order No. 9, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, stated: "The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient [in France]." ...

On the ground, U.S. tank crews worked to support allied forces. Three tank battalions were there for the initial D-Day attack. Hundreds followed in the weeks after. “A lot of them, this would ...

To ensure the success of the D-Day invasion, the Allies knew they needed sky superiority, and that’s precisely what they did. At the height of the attack, the Allied air attack outnumbered the ...

Experience World War II like never before, with stunning rare color footage capturing the war’s most pivotal moments. From ...

Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D brings this monumental event to the world's largest screens for the first time. Audiences of all ages will discover from a new ...

Narrated by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, the documentary D-DAY: OVER NORMANDY focuses on the personal stories of those who served in the Second World War. The modern-day aerial ...

D-day is simply a standard armed forces way of emphasising a particular day. It means THE Day, it’s like saying H-hour which is the exact time at which an attack traditionally began. From 12 ...

In April 1944, the Allies planned Exercise Tiger to practise their landing on France's Normandy beaches ahead of D-Day. During the rehearsal, a German fleet attacked, sinking two allied ships. Around ...