IT’S TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY SPONSORED BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM.IN APRIL OF 1942, THE PLANNING OF OPERATION BOLERO BEGAN AS PART OF THE PREPARATION FOR OPERATION OVERLORD, WHICH ...

But the key part of winning WW II was the invasion of France, hence the planning of the greatest sea and air invasion in history: Operation Overlord. Written and Hosted by Colin D. Heaton.

Winston Churchill said that Operation Overlord was 'undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult' ever undertaken. With nearly three million troops involved, it was an incredible feat of ...

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.

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The circular plaque, on the wall of Customs House, acknowledges the town's contribution during Operation Overlord in 1944. It replaces a commemorative stone, originally unveiled for the 40th ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide in the war and helped lead to the fall of ...

A Missouri S&T history professor’s book about U.S. soldiers’ experience on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy ...