A week after the D-Day landings on Normandy, in a small French village, disaster struck the Allies. A lone commander of a ...

The King Tiger tank, once a fearsome symbol of German armor, was left abandoned in Normandy after fierce fighting in 1944. This look back contrasts its wartime presence with the landscapes of today, ...

Seth Sherwood lives in Paris and is a longtime contributor to the Travel section. Inextricably tied to the D-Day invasion of World War II, this northern French region of orchards, dairies, horse farms ...

Families in Normandy, France, are getting ready to celebrate the life of "Papa Jake" Larson — a Minnesota native and war hero. He helped plan the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach, and later became a ...