The ‘D-Day watches’ made from WWII helmets — and beach sand from Normandy

Known for using unconventional materials — from Pearl Harbor seawater to meteorite moondust — in the name of horological storytelling, the brand is now commemorating the D-Day landings with a series ...
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What U.S. Soldiers Really Wore on D-Day

This video examines what U.S. soldiers wore during the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. We break down the standard M1941 field ...
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What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...
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D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary of landings

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf ...
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“I’d love to play the battlefields where the song actually happened”: Sabaton’s singer wants to do a gig on the beaches of Normandy, on the anniversary of D-Day

The events of Operation Overlord inspired the Swedish power metal battalion’s 2005 fan-favourite single, Primo Victoria ...