A villa in the French town of Bernieres-sur-Mer is thought to be the first building captured by allies on D-Day. Eighty years later it’s now a place of pilgrimage.

Ted Varley, 90, who was a signaller from 3 Division who landed in the first wave on D-day on Sword Beach has a toast at the Caen Memorial Garden on June 5, 2014 in Normandy, France. Getty Images ...

HUNDREDS GATHER AT DAWN AT UTAH BEACH TO MARK D-DAY'S 80TH ANNIVERSARY. UTAH BEACH, France — Hundreds of people, some in WWII-era uniforms, arrived before dawn to stretch out across the now ...

Most Americans visiting France's D-Day sites focus, understandably, on Omaha Beach — where thousands died on June 6, 1944. But if you're planning to visit Normandy, don't miss the other American ...

Retropolis On D-Day, 25 doomed men on a small ship never made it to Omaha Beach. Eighty years ago, four men from a tiny Kansas high school and 21 others died in an inferno at Normandy.

See also: D-Day Landings: Emotional Scenes As World War II Veterans Return to Normandy for 74th Anniversary This Newsweek slideshow features then-and-now images of the landing sites in Normandy.

The D-Day beach landings Allied troops began landing on the coast of France at 06:30 on D-Day. The 50-mile stretch of Normandy coast was divided into five landing zones: Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah ...

Now, Creperie la Falaise owner Florent Neveur told the Daily Mail that there was a misunderstanding as the cafe was too busy to serve the group, and that the tour guide's claims that they were ...

SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France -- In the midst of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Adm. James G. Foggo III, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (CNE-A), and the U.S. Navy Memorial teamed ...

OMAHA BEACH, Normandy - On June 6, 1944, the largest air, land and sea invasion in military history took place on the Normandy coast of France. The Battle of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day ...