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5 Essential D-Day Stories

By Katie Reilly

War Photographer Embedded in the World's Largest Paintball Game

By TIME Staff

See How the World Celebrates Key Historical Events

By Ye Ming

Before and After D-Day: Color Photos From England and France

By Ben Cosgrove
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The Ruins of Normandy: Color Photos From France, 1944

Color photos -- none of them published in LIFE magazine -- from northwestern France, detailing the devastating impact of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath.

By Ben Cosgrove

New York Drops 1 Million Rose Petals on Statue of Liberty For D-Day

The roses were a thank-you from France, like Lady Liberty herself.

By TIME Staff

A 93-Year-Old Recreated His D-Day Parachute Jump

On June 5, 1944, one day before D-Day, Jim “Pee Wee” Martin parachuted into Europe with the U.S. 101st Airborne Division to take France back from the Nazis.Exactly 70 years later, a spry Martin took...

By Laura Stampler

TIME's Best Pictures of the Week

From the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protest, to World Environment Day and the NBA Finals, TIME presents the best photos of the week. 

By TIME Staff

Obama Honors D-Day Heroes

Updated Friday at 9:56 a.m.President Barack Obama called for recognition of the allied forces who turned the tide of history during a stirring speech in Normandy, France, on Friday morning at a ceremony to honor...

By David Stout

Rising From Ruins: D-Day Landscapes, Then and Now

Past and present are joined together in photographs that combine scenes from D-Day 70 years ago with the very same locations in Normandy today

By TIME Staff

The Importance of FDR's D-Day Prayer

Listen to the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt used to mark Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944

By Jon Meacham

Obama Kicks Off European Trip

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The Winding Road to D-Day

FDR’s patient diplomacy in 1942 and 1943 made Operation Overlord possible in 1944

By Jon Meacham

After D-Day: The First Show for US Troops

Photos of scantily clad women (and men) performing for battle-weary American troops capture a small, memorable reprieve in Normandy in '44

By Ben Cosgrove

D-Day: A Soldier In the Surf

Watch the video that shows how the famed photojournalist's negatives were almost lost

By Mia Tramz

After D-Day: Rare Photos From the First Show for US Troops in Normandy

In July 1944, LIFE magazine photographer Ralph Morse was on hand for what he called, in his typed notes from the scene, the 'first organized entertainment in Normandy' after D-Day.

By Ben Cosgrove

Stunning D-Day Maps From TIME Magazine

D-Day maps conjure an era when huge forces were on the move, or were stuck in brutal stalemate, all over the globe

By Ben Cosgrove

The War After D-Day: Deeper Into Hell

Photos from Saipan, Bastogne, Iwo Jima, Berlin, Nagasaki: places where the war did not stop when Operation Overlord ended

By Ben Cosgrove

Ghosts of D-Day: Omar Bradley at Omaha Beach, June 1969

An exclusive photo of Gen. Omar Bradley standing on Omaha Beach 25 years after D-Day captures, in a single portrait, something of the Normandy invasion's enduring significance.

By Ben Cosgrove

The War After D-Day: Deeper Into Hell

Photos -- some of them iconic, many of them little-known -- from places like Saipan, Bastogne, Berlin, Nagasaki: places where the war did not stop when Operation Overlord ended.

By Ben Cosgrove
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