Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, ...

Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50-mile stretch of sand and ...

The barges have road spans longer than football fields that could enable rapid deployment beyond heavily defended beaches.

Richard Aldred, 99, served as a tank driver and landed on Gold Beach in Normandy the day after D-Day. His tank was blown up and he took cover under it on the side of the road alongside his ...

At 6:30 a.m., they were heading across the English Channel toward Omaha and Utah beaches. Related: D-Day 80th anniversary: Sgt. Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach Flying low ...

Dennis Zotigh Command Sergeant Major Julia Kelly (U.S. Army retired), one of 80 Native American delegates to the 75th anniversary observance of D-Day, stands on Omaha Beach. Kelly holds an eagle ...

But the beaches were just the beginning. If D Day was to succeed the allies had to smash through the coastal defences and advance in land, if they failed to do this it would make it easier for the ...