A U.S. flag lies as a marker on a destroyed bunker two days after the strategic site overlooking D-Day beaches was captured ...

Historic photos illustrate the D-Day landings, which happened 81 years ago Friday. A reenactment in Conneaut, Ohio, happens ...

Here are historic photos from D-Day. U.S. soldiers wade through surf and German gunfire to secure a beachhead during the Allied Invasion on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. A U.S. flag ...

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved ...

as Paris would be liberated by the end of August, 1944 and Nazi Germany would surrender less than a year later, according to History.com. Here are historic photos from D-Day.