2. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline that was ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France ... more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an easy daytrip that's especially popular with travelers interested in seeing Monet's house and gardens or the D-Day Beaches. But if you only ...

France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques ...

It is synonymous with D-Day ... the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American ...

DAN SNOW: 7 miles off the coast of Normandy France ... would assault two beaches in the West code named Omaha and Utah. But the beaches were just the beginning. If D Day was to succeed the ...